diff --git a/man2/readdir.2 b/man2/readdir.2
index c67a76e74..7212d505a 100644
--- a/man2/readdir.2
+++ b/man2/readdir.2
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ which can change, and which is superseded by
 reads one
 .I dirent
 structure from the directory
-pointed at by
+referred to by the file descriptor
 .I fd
-into the memory area pointed to by
+into the buffer pointed to by
 .IR dirp .
 The parameter
 .I count