diff --git a/man2/spu_create.2 b/man2/spu_create.2
index 9f60b0831..dee57b985 100644
--- a/man2/spu_create.2
+++ b/man2/spu_create.2
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ is successful, a directory is created in
 and it is populated with the files described in
 .BR spufs (7).
 
-The returned file handler can only be passed to
+The returned file descriptor can only be passed to
 .BR spu_run (2)
 or closed;
 other operations are not defined on it.