diff --git a/man3/aio_init.3 b/man3/aio_init.3
index 0ce8d2d4d..91e2401b4 100644
--- a/man3/aio_init.3
+++ b/man3/aio_init.3
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH AIO_INIT 3  2010-10-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-aio_init \- POSIX asynchronous I/O initialization
+aio_init \- asynchronous I/O initialization
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" "         /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"