diff --git a/man2/llseek.2 b/man2/llseek.2
index 2ae5b27e4..b054d7fc0 100644
--- a/man2/llseek.2
+++ b/man2/llseek.2
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR _llseek ()
-function repositions the offset of the open file associated
+function repositions the offset of the open file description associated
 with the file descriptor
 .I fd
 to
diff --git a/man2/lseek.2 b/man2/lseek.2
index eddbf9a1c..9549a336b 100644
--- a/man2/lseek.2
+++ b/man2/lseek.2
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ lseek \- reposition read/write file offset
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR lseek ()
-function repositions the offset of the open file associated with the
-file descriptor
+function repositions the offset of the open file description
+associated with the file descriptor
 .I fd
 to the argument
 .I offset
diff --git a/man2/readahead.2 b/man2/readahead.2
index 91b640178..c52b86ce0 100644
--- a/man2/readahead.2
+++ b/man2/readahead.2
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ equal to
 .IR "(offset+count)" .
 .BR readahead ()
 does not read beyond the end of the file.
-The current file offset of the open file referred to by
+The file offset of the open file description referred to by
 .I fd
 is left unchanged.
 .SH RETURN VALUE