diff --git a/man7/cgroups.7 b/man7/cgroups.7
index 4e6833965..7a349c1dd 100644
--- a/man7/cgroups.7
+++ b/man7/cgroups.7
@@ -572,7 +572,8 @@ the addition in Linux 4.14 of "thread mode" (described below).
 In cgroups v1, the ability to mount different controllers
 against different hierarchies was intended to allow great flexibility
 for application design.
-In practice, though, the flexibility turned out to less useful than expected,
+In practice, though,
+the flexibility turned out to be less useful than expected,
 and in many cases added complexity.
 Therefore, in cgroups v2,
 all available controllers are mounted against a single hierarchy.