diff --git a/man2/inotify_rm_watch.2 b/man2/inotify_rm_watch.2
index 766db7325..f270ca674 100644
--- a/man2/inotify_rm_watch.2
+++ b/man2/inotify_rm_watch.2
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ event to be generated for this watch descriptor.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success,
 .BR inotify_rm_watch ()
-returns zero, or \-1 if an error occurred (in which case,
+returns zero.
+On error, \-1 is returned and
 .I errno
-is set appropriately).
+is set to indicate the cause of the error.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EBADF