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diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7
index 9c79eee47b..5284cf35f7 100644
--- a/man7/socket.7
+++ b/man7/socket.7
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
.\" SO_GET_FILTER (3.8)
.\" commit a8fc92778080c845eaadc369a0ecf5699a03bef0
.\" Author: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com>
-.\" SO_REUSEPORT (3.9)
-.\" commit c617f398edd4db2b8567a28e899a88f8f574798d
-.\" https://lwn.net/Articles/542629/
.\" SO_LOCK_FILTER (3.9)
.\" commit d59577b6ffd313d0ab3be39cb1ab47e29bdc9182
.\" Author: Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>
@@ -648,6 +645,8 @@ timeouts have no effect for
and so on.
.TP
.B SO_REUSEADDR
+.\" commit c617f398edd4db2b8567a28e899a88f8f574798d
+.\" https://lwn.net/Articles/542629/
Indicates that the rules used in validating addresses supplied in a
.BR bind (2)
call should allow reuse of local addresses.
@@ -668,11 +667,12 @@ multiple
.B AF_INET
or
.B AF_INET6
-sockets by the same UID may succeed. This option allows
+sockets by the same UID may succeed.
+This option allows
.BR accept (2)
load distribution in a multi-threaded server to be improved by
-using a distinct listener socket for each thread. This must be set
-on each socket prior to calling
+using a distinct listener socket for each thread.
+This option must be set on each socket prior to calling
.BR bind (2)
on the socket.
.TP