diff --git a/man7/ip.7 b/man7/ip.7
index 02dd47f2a..d664eddb1 100644
--- a/man7/ip.7
+++ b/man7/ip.7
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ Expects a boolean integer flag.
 When this flag is set, pass a
 .B IP_TTL
 control message with the time-to-live
-field of the received packet as a byte.
+field of the received packet as a 32 bit integer.
 Not supported for
 .B SOCK_STREAM
 sockets.