diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
index 6584645c2..808d342ac 100644
--- a/man2/execve.2
+++ b/man2/execve.2
@@ -500,12 +500,12 @@ and white spaces in
 .I optional-arg
 are used to delimit the arguments.
 
-On Linux, either
+On Linux,
 .I argv
-or
+and
 .I envp
-can be specified as NULL,
-which has the same effect as specifying these arguments
+can be specified as NULL.
+In both cases, this has the same effect as specifying the argument
 as a pointer to a list containing a single null pointer.
 .B "Do not take advantage of this misfeature!"
 It is nonstandard and nonportable: