diff --git a/man2/recvmmsg.2 b/man2/recvmmsg.2
index 3ff1b63a3..e7dfe848a 100644
--- a/man2/recvmmsg.2
+++ b/man2/recvmmsg.2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ recvmmsg \- receive multiple messages on a socket
 .PP
 .BI "int recvmmsg(int " sockfd ", struct mmsghdr *" msgvec \
 ", unsigned int " vlen ","
-.BI "             unsigned int " flags ", struct timespec *" timeout ");"
+.BI "             int " flags ", struct timespec *" timeout ");"
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
diff --git a/man2/sendmmsg.2 b/man2/sendmmsg.2
index e61ed0b4e..a4895c1ac 100644
--- a/man2/sendmmsg.2
+++ b/man2/sendmmsg.2
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ sendmmsg \- send multiple messages on a socket
 .PP
 .BI "int sendmmsg(int " sockfd ", struct mmsghdr *" msgvec \
 ", unsigned int " vlen ","
-.BI "             unsigned int " flags ");"
+.BI "             int " flags ");"
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The