diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
index 51aedb980..acd811d33 100644
--- a/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ struct fanotify_event_metadata {
 };
 .fi
 .in
-
+.PP
+The fields of this structure as follows:
 .TP
 .I event_len
 This is the length of the data for the current event and the offset to the next