diff --git a/man2/msgop.2 b/man2/msgop.2
index e559097a7..6a8dfcdf8 100644
--- a/man2/msgop.2
+++ b/man2/msgop.2
@@ -467,10 +467,11 @@ and the queue contains less than
 messages.
 .TP
 .BR ENOSYS " (since Linux 3.8)"
-.B IPC_NOWAIT
-and
+Both
 .B MSG_COPY
-was specified in
+and
+.B IPC_NOWAIT
+were specified in
 .IR msgflg ,
 and this kernel was configured without
 .BR CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE .