diff --git a/man2/madvise.2 b/man2/madvise.2
index db29febb6..da9b474db 100644
--- a/man2/madvise.2
+++ b/man2/madvise.2
@@ -163,9 +163,7 @@ Enable Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) for the pages in the range specified by
 .I addr
 and
 .IR len .
-The KSM daemon
-.RI ( ksmd )
-periodically scans those areas of user memory that have
+The kernel regularly scans those areas of user memory that have
 been marked as mergeable,
 looking for pages with identical content.
 These are replaced by a single write-protected page (which is automatically