diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index 9672f1353..07c5a1ba3 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -652,14 +652,17 @@ create a new inotify file descriptor,
 and then re-create watches and cache entries
 for the objects to be monitored.)
 .SS Dealing with rename() events
-The
+As noted above, the
 .B IN_MOVED_FROM
 and
 .B IN_MOVED_TO
-events that are generated by
+event pair that is generated by
 .BR rename (2)
-are usually available as consecutive events when reading
-from the inotify file descriptor.
+can be matched up via their shared cookie value.
+However, the task of matching has some challenges.
+
+These two events are usually consecutive in the event stream available
+when reading from the inotify file descriptor.
 However, this is not guaranteed.
 If multiple processes are triggering events for monitored objects,
 then (on rare occasions) an arbitrary number of