diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7
index b0483b67c..c4f8a8545 100644
--- a/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man7/unix.7
@@ -523,10 +523,10 @@ call.
 UNIX domain stream sockets do not support the notion of out-of-band data.
 .\"
 .SS Socket ownership and permissions
-In the Linux implementation, sockets which are visible in the
-filesystem honor the permissions of the directory they are in.
+In the Linux implementation,
+pathname sockets honor the permissions of the directory they are in.
 Creation of a new socket will fail if the process does not have write and
-search (execute) permission on the directory the socket is created in.
+search (execute) permission on the directory in which the socket is created.
 
 On Linux,
 connecting to a stream socket object requires write permission on that socket;
@@ -544,13 +544,11 @@ The socket file has all permissions enabled,
 other than those that are turned off by the process
 .BR umask (2).
 
-For a socket that is visible in the filesystem,
-the owner, group, and permissions can be changed (using
+The owner, group, and permissions of a pathname socket can be changed (using
 .BR chown (2)
 and
 .BR chmod (2)).
 .\" However, fchown() and fchmod() do not seem to have an effect
-
 .\"
 .SH BUGS
 When binding a socket to an address,