diff --git a/man3/sem_wait.3 b/man3/sem_wait.3
index 9523593d7..850697bf1 100644
--- a/man3/sem_wait.3
+++ b/man3/sem_wait.3
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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-.TH SEM_WAIT 3 2010-02-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SEM_WAIT 3 2012-02-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 sem_wait, sem_timedwait, sem_trywait \- lock a semaphore
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ The following shows what happens on two different runs of the program:
 .RB "$" " ./a.out 2 3"
 About to call sem_timedwait()
 sem_post() from handler
-sem_getvalue() from handler; value = 1
 sem_timedwait() succeeded
 .RB "$" " ./a.out 2 1"
 About to call sem_timedwait()