diff --git a/man3/getauxval.3 b/man3/getauxval.3
index 38eafe087..efcb28ff6 100755
--- a/man3/getauxval.3
+++ b/man3/getauxval.3
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ and glibc changes other aspects of its behavior.
 .BR secure_getenv (3).)
 .TP
 .BR AT_SYSINFO
-The entry point to the system call function in the VDSO.
+The entry point to the system call function in the vDSO.
 Not present/needed on all architectures (e.g., absent on x86-64).
 .TP
 .BR AT_SYSINFO_EHDR
-The address of a page containing the Virtual Dynamic Shared Object (VDSO)
+The address of a page containing the virtual Dynamic Shared Object (vDSO)
 that the kernel creates in order to provide fast implementations of
 certain system calls.
 .TP