diff --git a/share/man/man9/rwlock.9 b/share/man/man9/rwlock.9
index 75988265fdf3..9ee16fc7cebc 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/rwlock.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/rwlock.9
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 13, 2014
+.Dd March 28, 2016
 .Dt RWLOCK 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -313,18 +313,19 @@ facility was written by
 This manual page was written by
 .An "Gleb Smirnoff" .
 .Sh BUGS
-If
+A kernel without
 .Dv WITNESS
-is not included in the kernel,
-then it is impossible to assert that the current thread does or does not
-hold a read lock.
-In the
-.Pf non- Dv WITNESS
-case, the
+cannot assert whether the current thread does or does not hold a read lock.
 .Dv RA_LOCKED
 and
 .Dv RA_RLOCKED
-assertions merely check that some thread holds a read lock.
+can only assert that
+.Em any
+thread holds a read lock.
+They cannot ensure that the current thread holds a read lock.
+Further,
+.Dv RA_UNLOCKED
+can only assert that the current thread does not hold a write lock.
 .Pp
 Reader/writer is a bit of an awkward name.
 An
diff --git a/share/man/man9/sx.9 b/share/man/man9/sx.9
index 677f8b7aec96..f09584a91222 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/sx.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/sx.9
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd March 16, 2016
+.Dd March 28, 2016
 .Dt SX 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -320,11 +320,16 @@ end up sleeping while holding a mutex, which is not allowed.
 .Xr rwlock 9 ,
 .Xr sema 9
 .Sh BUGS
-In the
-.No non- Ns Dv WITNESS
-case, the
+A kernel without
+.Dv WITNESS
+cannot assert whether the current thread does or does not hold a shared lock.
 .Dv SA_LOCKED
 and
 .Dv SA_SLOCKED
-assertions merely check that some thread holds a shared lock.
-They do not ensure that the current thread holds a shared lock.
+can only assert that
+.Em any
+thread holds a shared lock.
+They cannot ensure that the current thread holds a shared lock.
+Further,
+.Dv SA_UNLOCKED
+can only assert that the current thread does not hold an exclusive lock.