diff --git a/man2/get_thread_area.2 b/man2/get_thread_area.2
index 25df0eb18..ebb412173 100644
--- a/man2/get_thread_area.2
+++ b/man2/get_thread_area.2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\" Written by Kent Yoder.
 .TH GET_THREAD_AREA 2 2012-07-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-get_thread_area \- get a thread local storage (TLS) area
+get_thread_area \- get a thread-local storage (TLS) area
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .B #include <linux/unistd.h>
 .br
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ get_thread_area \- get a thread local storage (TLS) area
 There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .BR get_thread_area ()
-returns an entry in the current thread's Thread Local Storage (TLS) array.
+returns an entry in the current thread's thread-local storage (TLS) array.
 The index of the entry corresponds to the value
 of \fIu_info\->entry_number\fP, passed in by the user.
 If the value is in bounds,