diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7
index 742b6bac1..2fae520e7 100644
--- a/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man7/unix.7
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ See
 .BR socket (7).
 .TP
 .B SO_PEERCRED
-Return the credentials of the foreign process connected to this socket.
+Return the credentials of the peer process connected to this socket.
 This is possible only for connected
 .B AF_UNIX
 stream sockets and