diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod
index 9710469e07..4753e76531 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_PROVIDER.pod
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ the environment variable OPENSSL_MODULES if set.
 
 OSSL_PROVIDER_try_load() functions like OSSL_PROVIDER_load(), except that
 it does not disable the fallback providers if the provider cannot be
-loaded and initialized or if I<retain_fallbacks> is zero.
-If the provider loads successfully and I<retain_fallbacks> is nonzero, the
+loaded and initialized or if I<retain_fallbacks> is nonzero.
+If the provider loads successfully and I<retain_fallbacks> is zero, the
 fallback providers are disabled.
 
 OSSL_PROVIDER_unload() unloads the given provider.