diff --git a/man2/get_mempolicy.2 b/man2/get_mempolicy.2
index cc7480f2a..e88a5a76b 100644
--- a/man2/get_mempolicy.2
+++ b/man2/get_mempolicy.2
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ get_mempolicy \- retrieve NUMA memory policy for a thread
 .B "#include <numaif.h>"
 .nf
 .sp
-.BI "int get_mempolicy(int *" mode ", unsigned long *" nodemask ,
+.BI "long get_mempolicy(int *" mode ", unsigned long *" nodemask ,
 .BI "                  unsigned long " maxnode ", void *" addr ,
 .BI "                  unsigned long " flags );
 .sp