diff --git a/man/man7/zfsprops.7 b/man/man7/zfsprops.7
index 9ff0236f4d74..9f2826c8a2e2 100644
--- a/man/man7/zfsprops.7
+++ b/man/man7/zfsprops.7
@@ -1267,10 +1267,10 @@ location.
 When the
 .Sy mountpoint
 property is set with
-.Nm zfs Cm set Fl u
-, the
+.Nm zfs Cm set Fl u ,
+the
 .Sy mountpoint
-property is updated but dataset is not mounted or unmounted and remains
+property is updated but the dataset is neither mounted nor unmounted and remains
 as it was before.
 .It Sy nbmand Ns = Ns Sy on Ns | Ns Sy off
 Controls whether the file system should be mounted with