diff --git a/man2/semget.2 b/man2/semget.2
index 7ca41b9a2..3bfdc4ff8 100644
--- a/man2/semget.2
+++ b/man2/semget.2
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ The following limits on semaphore set resources affect the
 call:
 .TP
 .B SEMMNI
-System wide maximum number of semaphore sets: policy dependent
+System-wide limit on the number of semaphore sets: policy dependent
 (on Linux, this limit can be read and modified via the fourth field of
 .IR /proc/sys/kernel/sem ).
 .\" This /proc file is not available in Linux 2.2 and earlier -- MTK
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ Maximum number of semaphores per semaphore ID: implementation dependent
 .IR /proc/sys/kernel/sem ).
 .TP
 .B SEMMNS
-System wide maximum number of semaphores: policy dependent
+System-wide limit on the number of semaphores: policy dependent
 (on Linux, this limit can be read and modified via the second field of
 .IR /proc/sys/kernel/sem ).
 Values greater than