diff --git a/man7/signal.7 b/man7/signal.7
index 3bff11deb..342898318 100644
--- a/man7/signal.7
+++ b/man7/signal.7
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ the thread's alternate signal stack settings.
 .BR sigaction (2)
 .B SA_SIGINFO
 flag, then the above information is accessible via the
-.I ucontext
-pointer that is passed as the third argument of the signal handler.)
+.I ucontext_t
+object that is pointed to by the third argument of the signal handler.)
 .IP d)
 Any signals specified in
 .I act\->sa_mask