diff --git a/man3/regex.3 b/man3/regex.3
index b65799823..bd0026611 100644
--- a/man3/regex.3
+++ b/man3/regex.3
@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@ above).
 .TP
 .B REG_STARTEND
 Use pmatch[0] on the input string, starting at byte pmatch[0].rm_so and ending
-before byte pmatch[0].rm_eo. This allows matching embedded NUL bytes
-and avoids a strlen() on large strings. It does not use nmatch on input,
+before byte pmatch[0].rm_eo.
+This allows matching embedded NUL bytes
+and avoids a strlen() on large strings.
+It does not use nmatch on input,
 and does not change
 .B REG_NOTBOL
 or