diff --git a/man7/arp.7 b/man7/arp.7
index ad1aef3a6..aed59ce08 100644
--- a/man7/arp.7
+++ b/man7/arp.7
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ will generate excessive ARP traffic, because ndisc will regularly
 reprobe the MAC address.
 The same problem applies for some kernel protocols (e.g., NFS over UDP).
 
-This man page mashes IPv4 specific and shared between IPv4 and IPv6
-functionality together.
+This man page mashes together functionality that is IPv4-specific
+with functionality that is shared between IPv4 and IPv6.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR capabilities (7),
 .BR ip (7)