diff --git a/man3/encrypt.3 b/man3/encrypt.3
index 3df4870c3..7b8dda8b9 100644
--- a/man3/encrypt.3
+++ b/man3/encrypt.3
@@ -154,16 +154,18 @@ The
 and
 .BR setkey ()
 functions are part of the POSIX.1-2008 XSI Options Group for Encryption
-and are optional. If the interfaces are not available then the symbolic
-constant
+and are optional.
+If the interfaces are not available then the symbolic constant
 .BR _XOPEN_CRYPT
 is either not defined or defined to -1, and can be checked at runtime with
 .BR sysconf ().
 This may be the case if the downstream distribution has switched from glibc
-crypt to libxcrypt.  When recompiling applications in such distributions the
+crypt to libxcrypt.
+When recompiling applications in such distributions the
 user must detect if
 .BR _XOPEN_CRPYT
-is not available and include crypt.h for the function prototypes; otherwise
+is not available and include crypt.h for the function prototypes;
+otherwise
 libxcrypt is a ABI compatible drop-in replacement.
 .SS Features in glibc
 In glibc 2.2, these functions use the DES algorithm.