diff --git a/man2/syscalls.2 b/man2/syscalls.2
index 9808a0d56..b55708745 100644
--- a/man2/syscalls.2
+++ b/man2/syscalls.2
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ The list of system calls that are available as at kernel 3.5
 (or in a few cases only on older kernels) is as follows:
 .\"
 .\" Looking at scripts/checksyscalls.sh in the kernel source is
-.\" instructive about i386 specifics.
+.\" instructive about x86 specifics.
 .\"
 .ad l
 .TS
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Deprecated (does nothing) since 2.6
 T}
 \fBbind\fP(2)
 \fBbrk\fP(2)
-\fBcacheflush\fP(2)	1.2	Not on i386
+\fBcacheflush\fP(2)	1.2	Not on x86
 \fBcapget\fP(2)	2.2
 \fBcapset\fP(2)	2.2
 \fBchdir\fP(2)
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ T}
 \fBgetgroups32\fP(2)	2.4
 \fBgetitimer\fP(2)
 \fBgetpeername\fP(2)
-\fBgetpagesize\fP(2)	2.0	Not on i386
+\fBgetpagesize\fP(2)	2.0	Not on x86
 \fBgetpgid\fP(2)
 \fBgetpgrp\fP(2)
 \fBgetpid\fP(2)
@@ -362,12 +362,12 @@ T}
 \fBopen_by_handle_at\fP(2)	2.6.39
 \fBopenat\fP(2)	2.6.16
 \fBpause\fP(2)
-\fBpciconfig_iobase\fP(2)	2.2.15; 2.4	Not on i386
-.\" Alpha, PowerPC, ARM; not i386
-\fBpciconfig_read\fP(2)	2.0.26; 2.2	Not on i386
-.\" , PowerPC, ARM; not i386
-\fBpciconfig_write\fP(2)	2.0.26; 2.2	Not on i386
-.\" , PowerPC, ARM; not i386
+\fBpciconfig_iobase\fP(2)	2.2.15; 2.4	Not on x86
+.\" Alpha, PowerPC, ARM; not x86
+\fBpciconfig_read\fP(2)	2.0.26; 2.2	Not on x86
+.\" , PowerPC, ARM; not x86
+\fBpciconfig_write\fP(2)	2.0.26; 2.2	Not on x86
+.\" , PowerPC, ARM; not x86
 \fBperf_event_open\fP(2)	2.6.31	T{
 Was called perf_counter_open() in 2.6.31; renamed in 2.6.32
 T}
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ T}
 .TE
 .ad
 .PP
-On many platforms, including i386, socket calls are all multiplexed
+On many platforms, including x86-32, socket calls are all multiplexed
 (via glibc wrapper functions) through
 .BR socketcall (2)
 and similarly System V IPC calls are multiplexed through