diff --git a/man2/getdents.2 b/man2/getdents.2
index 1211ceccb..fa4c0340e 100644
--- a/man2/getdents.2
+++ b/man2/getdents.2
@@ -33,14 +33,13 @@
 getdents, getdents64 \- get directory entries
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-.BI "int getdents(unsigned int " fd ", struct linux_dirent *" dirp ,
+.BI "long getdents(unsigned int " fd ", struct linux_dirent *" dirp ,
 .BI "             unsigned int " count );
 .PP
 .BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" "        /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
 .BR "#include <dirent.h>"
 .PP
-.BI "int getdents64(unsigned int " fd ", struct linux_dirent64 *" dirp ,
-.BI "             unsigned int " count );
+.BI "ssize_t getdents64(int " fd ", void *" dirp ", size_t " count );
 .fi
 .PP
 .IR Note :
@@ -282,7 +281,8 @@ struct linux_dirent {
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    int fd, nread;
+    int fd;
+    long nread;
     char buf[BUF_SIZE];
     struct linux_dirent *d;
     char d_type;
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         printf("\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- nread=%d \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\en", nread);
         printf("inode#    file type  d_reclen  d_off   d_name\en");
-        for (int bpos = 0; bpos < nread;) {
+        for (long bpos = 0; bpos < nread;) {
             d = (struct linux_dirent *) (buf + bpos);
             printf("%8ld  ", d\->d_ino);
             d_type = *(buf + bpos + d\->d_reclen \- 1);