diff --git a/man2/send.2 b/man2/send.2
index 20198578d..4ce289bb0 100644
--- a/man2/send.2
+++ b/man2/send.2
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ see
 .\"  msg_control* fields.
 .\"  The flags returned in msg_flags.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-On success, these calls return the number of characters sent.
+On success, these calls return the number of bytes sent.
 On error, \-1 is returned, and
 .I errno
 is set appropriately.