diff --git a/man2/pidfd_open.2 b/man2/pidfd_open.2
index 3a0c5fa25..1ca0b8008 100644
--- a/man2/pidfd_open.2
+++ b/man2/pidfd_open.2
@@ -144,11 +144,19 @@ flag.
 .\"
 .SS Use cases for PID file descriptors
 .PP
+A PID file descriptor returned by
+.BR pidfd_open ()
+(of by
+.BR clone (2)
+with the
+.BR CLONE_PID
+flag) can be used for the following purposes:
+.IP * 3
 The
 .BR pidfd_send_signal (2)
 system call can be used to send a signal to the process referred to by
 a PID file descriptor.
-.PP
+.IP *
 A PID file descriptor can be monitored using
 .BR poll (2),
 .BR select (2),