diff --git a/man3/getaddrinfo.3 b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
index 2d54aab10..be23a5ec6 100644
--- a/man3/getaddrinfo.3
+++ b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ any protocol can be returned by
 .TP
 .I ai_flags
 This field specifies additional options, described below.
-Multiple flags are specified by logically OR-ing them together.
+Multiple flags are specified by bitwise OR-ing them together.
 .PP
 All the other fields in the structure pointed to by
 .I hints