1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1
index 034fda285cb4..1d522914c35c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/make.1
+++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1
@@ -667,6 +667,20 @@ command line, except for
 are appended to the
 .Va .MAKEFLAGS
 variable.
+.Pp
+When passing macro definitions and flag arguments in the
+.Ev MAKEFLAGS
+environment variable,
+space and tab characters are quoted by preceding them with a backslash.
+When reading the
+.Ev MAKEFLAGS
+variable from the environment,
+all sequences of a backslash and one of space or tab
+are replaced just with their second character
+without causing a word break.
+Any other occurrences of a backslash are retained.
+Groups of unquoted space, tab and newline characters cause word
+breaking.
 .It Va .MAKEFLAGS
 Initially, this global variable contains
 .Nm Ns 's
@@ -731,20 +745,6 @@ can appear in
 only if added by the makefile itself;
 it will affect sub-makes only, via
 .Ev MAKEFLAGS .
-.Pp
-When passing macro definitions and flag arguments in the
-.Ev MAKEFLAGS
-environment variable,
-space and tab characters are quoted by preceding them with a backslash.
-When reading the
-.Ev MAKEFLAGS
-variable from the environment,
-all sequences of a backslash and one of space or tab
-are replaced just with their second character
-without causing a word break.
-Any other occurrences of a backslash are retained.
-Groups of unquoted space, tab and newline characters cause word
-breaking.
 .It Va MFLAGS
 This variable is provided for backward compatibility and
 contains all the options from the