diff --git a/man2/gettid.2 b/man2/gettid.2
index 90510eb88..83fcbce1b 100644
--- a/man2/gettid.2
+++ b/man2/gettid.2
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ For further details, see the discussion of
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 .BR clone (2).
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-On success, returns the thread ID of the calling process.
+On success, returns the thread ID of the calling thread.
 .SH ERRORS
 This call is always successful.
 .SH VERSIONS