diff --git a/man2/poll.2 b/man2/poll.2
index 34b55a6c5..c1d169501 100644
--- a/man2/poll.2
+++ b/man2/poll.2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ poll, ppoll \- wait for some event on a file descriptor
 .B #include <poll.h>
 .sp
 .BI "int ppoll(struct pollfd *" fds ", nfds_t " nfds ", "
-.BI "        const struct timespec *" timeout_ts ", const sigset_t *" sigmask );
+.BI "        const struct timespec *" tmo_p ", const sigset_t *" sigmask );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR poll ()
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ argument, the following
 call:
 .nf
 
-    ready = ppoll(&fds, nfds, timeout_ts, &sigmask);
+    ready = ppoll(&fds, nfds, tmo_p, &sigmask);
 
 .fi
 is equivalent to
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ executing the following calls:
     sigset_t origmask;
     int timeout;
 
-    timeout = (timeout_ts == NULL) ? \-1 :
-              (timeout_ts\->tv_sec * 1000 + timeout_ts\->tv_nsec / 1000000);
+    timeout = (tmo_p == NULL) ? \-1 :
+              (tmo_p\->tv_sec * 1000 + tmo_p\->tv_nsec / 1000000);
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, &origmask);
     ready = poll(&fds, nfds, timeout);
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &origmask, NULL);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ only in the precision of the
 argument).
 
 The
-.I timeout_ts
+.I tmo_p
 argument specifies an upper limit on the amount of time that
 .BR ppoll ()
 will block.
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ struct timespec {
 .in
 
 If
-.I timeout_ts
+.I tmo_p
 is specified as NULL, then
 .BR ppoll ()
 can block indefinitely.
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ is closed in another thread, see
 The Linux
 .BR ppoll ()
 system call modifies its
-.I timeout_ts
+.I tmo_p
 argument.
 However, the glibc wrapper function hides this behavior
 by using a local variable for the timeout argument that
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ is passed to the system call.
 Thus, the glibc
 .BR ppoll ()
 function does not modify its
-.I timeout_ts
+.I tmo_p
 argument.
 
 The raw