diff --git a/man3/malloc.3 b/man3/malloc.3
index b558c18ae..7c21d6fc5 100644
--- a/man3/malloc.3
+++ b/man3/malloc.3
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ function changes the size of the memory block pointed to by
 to
 .I size
 bytes.
-The contents will be unchanged in the range from the start of the region
+The contents of the memory
+will be unchanged in the range from the start of the region
 up to the minimum of the old and new sizes.
 If the new size is larger than the old size, the added memory will
 .I not