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diff --git a/doc/rst_source/relay/build_this.rst b/doc/rst_source/relay/build_this.rst
index d91a6d55d..f51d1047d 100644
--- a/doc/rst_source/relay/build_this.rst
+++ b/doc/rst_source/relay/build_this.rst
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ expected.
Updating man pages
------------------
-Man pages generated from the RST sources, are checked into the src/man
-directory. To regenerate these files, run ``make rstman`` from the
-man subdirectory of a configured build tree. You can also do this
-from an unconfigured source tree with::
+Man pages are generated from the RST sources and checked into the
+``src/man`` directory of the repository. This allows man pages to be
+installed without requiring Sphinx when using a source checkout. To
+regenerate these files, run ``make rstman`` from the man subdirectory
+of a configured build tree. You can also do this from an unconfigured
+source tree with::
cd src/man
make -f Makefile.in top_srcdir=.. srcdir=. rstman
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ Building for a release tarball or web site
To generate documentation in HTML format, run ``make rsthtml`` in the
``doc`` subdirectory of a configured build tree (the build directory
corresponding to ``src/doc``, not the top-level ``doc`` directory).
-The output be placed in the top-level ``doc/rst_html`` directory.
+The output will be placed in the top-level ``doc/rst_html`` directory.
This build will include the API reference generated from Doxygen
markup in the source tree.