diff --git a/man2/bind.2 b/man2/bind.2
index 1aca1a863..6f1e87774 100644
--- a/man2/bind.2
+++ b/man2/bind.2
@@ -293,14 +293,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if (sfd == \-1)
         handle_error("socket");
 
-    memset(&my_addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+    memset(&my_addr, 0, sizeof(my_addr));
                         /* Clear structure */
     my_addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     strncpy(my_addr.sun_path, MY_SOCK_PATH,
             sizeof(my_addr.sun_path) \- 1);
 
     if (bind(sfd, (struct sockaddr *) &my_addr,
-            sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) == \-1)
+            sizeof(my_addr)) == \-1)
         handle_error("bind");
 
     if (listen(sfd, LISTEN_BACKLOG) == \-1)
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* Now we can accept incoming connections one
        at a time using accept(2) */
 
-    peer_addr_size = sizeof(struct sockaddr_un);
+    peer_addr_size = sizeof(peer_addr);
     cfd = accept(sfd, (struct sockaddr *) &peer_addr,
                  &peer_addr_size);
     if (cfd == \-1)