diff --git a/lib/libsys/recv.2 b/lib/libsys/recv.2
--- a/lib/libsys/recv.2
+++ b/lib/libsys/recv.2
@@ -316,14 +316,14 @@
 .Fa msg_len
 field is updated to the length of the received message.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-On successful completion,
+On successful completion, the
 .Fn recv ,
 .Fn recvfrom ,
 and
 .Fn recvmsg
-return the number of bytes received.
+functions return the number of bytes received, while the
 .Fn recvmmsg
-returns the number of messages received.
+function returns the number of messages received.
 If no messages are available to be received and the peer has
 performed an orderly shutdown, 0 is returned.
 Otherwise, -1 is returned and