diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2
index c294ecea5..6c2154be5 100644
--- a/man2/futex.2
+++ b/man2/futex.2
@@ -162,13 +162,14 @@ and
 .BR FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI
 operations (described below).
 
-If this option is set,
-the kernel treats the user space supplied timeout as an absolute
-time based on
+If this option is set, the kernel treats
+.I timeout
+as an absolute time based on
 .BR CLOCK_REALTIME .
 
-If this option is not set,
-the kernel treats the user space supplied timeout as relative time,
+If this option is not set, the kernel treats
+.I timeout
+as relative time,
 .\" FIXME I added CLOCK_MONOTONIC here. Is it correct?
 measured against the
 .BR CLOCK_MONOTONIC