diff --git a/man/man3/getloadavg.3 b/man/man3/getloadavg.3
index f7b2ccc7c..3830e8171 100644
--- a/man/man3/getloadavg.3
+++ b/man/man3/getloadavg.3
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ returns the system load average values as elements of
 up to
 a maximum of 
 .IR nelem
-. The system load average is the average number of
+elements.
+The system load average is the average number of
 runnable processes over a certain period. Currently the averages are
 delivered over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes of system usage. So 
 currently the system maximum is 3.