diff --git a/man2/get_mempolicy.2 b/man2/get_mempolicy.2
index a58724219..5590444e5 100644
--- a/man2/get_mempolicy.2
+++ b/man2/get_mempolicy.2
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ is specified as 0,
 then information about the calling thread's default policy
 (as set by
 .BR set_mempolicy (2))
-is returned.
-The policy returned (via
+is returned, in the buffers pointed to by
 .I mode
 and
-.IR nodemask )
+.IR nodemask .
+The value returned in these arguments
 may be used to restore the thread's policy to its state at
 the time of the call to
 .BR get_mempolicy ()