diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 b/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
index 51a90e404746..3bbddd9233e2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 29, 2016
+.Dd May 22, 2017
 .Dt BASENAME 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ function returns the last component from the pathname pointed to by
 deleting any trailing
 .Sq \&/
 characters.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+This implementation of
+.Fn basename
+uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname
+component.
+Other vendor implementations may return a pointer to internal storage
+space instead.
+The advantage of the former approach is that it ensures thread-safety,
+while also placing no upper limit on the supported length of the
+pathname.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 If
 .Fa path
@@ -50,16 +60,6 @@ is returned.
 Otherwise,
 it returns a pointer to the last component of
 .Fa path .
-.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
-This implementation of
-.Fn basename
-uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname
-component.
-Other vendor implementations may return a pointer to internal storage
-space instead.
-The advantage of the former approach is that it ensures thread-safety,
-while also placing no upper limit on the supported length of the
-pathname.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr basename 1 ,
 .Xr dirname 1 ,