diff --git a/man2/splice.2 b/man2/splice.2
index d9c192a09..bbfad10f4 100644
--- a/man2/splice.2
+++ b/man2/splice.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
 .\"
-.TH SPLICE 2 2009-02-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SPLICE 2 2009-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 splice \- splice data to/from a pipe
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ splice \- splice data to/from a pipe
 .B #define _GNU_SOURCE
 .B #include <fcntl.h>
 
-.BI "long splice(int " fd_in ", loff_t *" off_in ", int " fd_out ,
-.BI "            loff_t *" off_out ", size_t " len \
+.BI "ssize_t splice(int " fd_in ", loff_t *" off_in ", int " fd_out ,
+.BI "               loff_t *" off_out ", size_t " len \
 ", unsigned int " flags );
+.\" Return type was long before glibc 2.7
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR splice ()
diff --git a/man2/tee.2 b/man2/tee.2
index 323bee520..9863ac74f 100644
--- a/man2/tee.2
+++ b/man2/tee.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
 .\"
-.TH TEE 2 2006-04-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH TEE 2 2009-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 tee \- duplicating pipe content
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ tee \- duplicating pipe content
 .B #define _GNU_SOURCE
 .B #include <fcntl.h>
 
-.BI "long tee(int " fd_in ", int " fd_out ", size_t " len \
+.BI "ssize_t tee(int " fd_in ", int " fd_out ", size_t " len \
 ", unsigned int " flags );
 .fi
+.\" Return type was long before glibc 2.7
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .\" Example programs http://brick.kernel.dk/snaps
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/vmsplice.2 b/man2/vmsplice.2
index 2c95893d2..8685b4965 100644
--- a/man2/vmsplice.2
+++ b/man2/vmsplice.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
 .\"
-.TH VMSPLICE 2 2006-04-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH VMSPLICE 2 2009-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 vmsplice \- splice user pages into a pipe
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ vmsplice \- splice user pages into a pipe
 .B #include <fcntl.h>
 .B #include <sys/uio.h>
 
-.BI "long vmsplice(int " fd ", const struct iovec *" iov ,
-.BI "              unsigned long " nr_segs ", unsigned int " flags );
+.BI "ssize_t vmsplice(int " fd ", const struct iovec *" iov ,
+.BI "                 unsigned long " nr_segs ", unsigned int " flags );
 .fi
+.\" Return type was long before glibc 2.7
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .\" Linus: vmsplice() system call to basically do a "write to
 .\" the buffer", but using the reference counting and VM traversal