diff --git a/man2/send.2 b/man2/send.2
index 9f71f9d38..d90ed899f 100644
--- a/man2/send.2
+++ b/man2/send.2
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ unless
 is set.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 4.4BSD, SVr4, POSIX.1-2001.
-These function calls appeared in 4.2BSD.
+These interfaces first appeared in 4.2BSD.
 .LP
 POSIX.1-2001 describes only the
 .B MSG_OOB