diff --git a/man2/seccomp.2 b/man2/seccomp.2
index a99c26259..864262fef 100644
--- a/man2/seccomp.2
+++ b/man2/seccomp.2
@@ -352,8 +352,9 @@ even if one of the earlier filters returns
 This is done to simplify the kernel code and to provide a
 tiny speed-up in the execution of sets of filters by
 avoiding a check for this uncommon case.)
-.\" From an Aug 2015  conversation with Kees Cook where I asked why *all*
-.\" filters even if one of the early filters returns SECCOMP_RET_KILL:
+.\" From an Aug 2015 conversation with Kees Cook where I asked why *all*
+.\" filters are applied even if one of the early filters returns
+.\" SECCOMP_RET_KILL:
 .\"
 .\"     It's just because it would be an optimization that would only speed up
 .\"     the RET_KILL case, but it's the uncommon one and the one that doesn't