diff --git a/man2/poll.2 b/man2/poll.2
index f0db04a3e..9828738ab 100644
--- a/man2/poll.2
+++ b/man2/poll.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" 2006-07-01, mtk, Added POLLRDHUP + various other wording and
 .\"	formatting changes.
 .\"
-.TH POLL 2 2009-06-02 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH POLL 2 2009-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 poll, ppoll \- wait for some event on a file descriptor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ to perform I/O.
 
 The set of file descriptors to be monitored is specified in the
 .I fds
-argument, which is an array of
-.I nfds
-structures of the following form:
+argument, which is an array of structures of the following form:
 .in +4n
 .nf
 
@@ -63,9 +61,14 @@ struct pollfd {
     short events;     /* requested events */
     short revents;    /* returned events */
 };
-
-.fi
 .in
+.fi
+.PP
+The caller should specify the number of items in the
+.I fds
+array in
+.IR nfds .
+
 The field
 .I fd
 contains a file descriptor for an open file.