diff --git a/man2/getrusage.2 b/man2/getrusage.2
index da9179942..4cafdd7ee 100644
--- a/man2/getrusage.2
+++ b/man2/getrusage.2
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ The number of times the file system had to perform input.
 The number of times the file system had to perform output.
 .TP
 .IR ru_msgsnd " (unmaintained)"
-.\" On FreeBSD 6.2, this appears to measure messages sent on sockets
+.\" On FreeBSD 6.2, this appears to measure messages sent over sockets
 On some systems,
 this field records the number of messages sent over sockets.
 .TP
 .IR ru_msgrcv " (unmaintained)"
-.\" On FreeBSD 6.2, this appears to measure messages received on sockets
+.\" On FreeBSD 6.2, this appears to measure messages received over sockets
 On some systems,
 this field records the number of messages received over sockets.
 .TP