diff --git a/man3/setenv.3 b/man3/setenv.3
index cd4fbcd6a..82acb0ce9 100644
--- a/man3/setenv.3
+++ b/man3/setenv.3
@@ -104,16 +104,10 @@ If
 does not exist in the environment,
 then the function succeeds, and the environment is unchanged.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-The
 .BR setenv ()
-function returns zero on success,
-or \-1 on error, with
-.I errno
-set to indicate the cause of the error.
-.PP
-The
+and
 .BR unsetenv ()
-function returns zero on success,
+functions return zero on success,
 or \-1 on error, with
 .I errno
 set to indicate the cause of the error.