diff --git a/man2/getrlimit.2 b/man2/getrlimit.2
index 84f04d695..f2c529752 100644
--- a/man2/getrlimit.2
+++ b/man2/getrlimit.2
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ This is the maximum size of a
 .I core
 file (see
 .BR core (5))
-that the process may dump.
+in bytes that the process may dump.
 When 0 no core dump files are created.
 When nonzero, larger dumps are truncated to this size.
 .TP
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ which fail with the error
 upon encountering the soft limit of this resource.
 .TP
 .B RLIMIT_FSIZE
-This is the maximum size of files that the process may create.
+This is the maximum size in bytes of files that the process may create.
 Attempts to extend a file beyond this limit result in delivery of a
 .B SIGXFSZ
 signal.