diff --git a/man2/getitimer.2 b/man2/getitimer.2
index fb4fb59d4..36d08e462 100644
--- a/man2/getitimer.2
+++ b/man2/getitimer.2
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 .\" Modified Tue Oct 22 00:22:35 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
 .\" 2005-04-06 mtk, Matthias Lang <matthias@corelatus.se>
 .\" 	Noted MAX_SEC_IN_JIFFIES ceiling
-.TH GETITIMER 2 2008-08-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETITIMER 2 2009-02-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 getitimer, setitimer \- get or set value of an interval timer
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .B #include <sys/time.h>
 .sp
-.BI "int getitimer(int " which ", struct itimerval *" value );
+.BI "int getitimer(int " which ", struct itimerval *" curr_value );
 .br
-.BI "int setitimer(int " which ", const struct itimerval *" value ,
-.BI "              struct itimerval *" ovalue );
+.BI "int setitimer(int " which ", const struct itimerval *" new_value ,
+.BI "              struct itimerval *" old_value );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The system provides each process with three interval timers,
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ struct timeval {
 .LP
 The function
 .BR getitimer ()
-fills the structure indicated by
-.I value
-with the current setting for the timer indicated by
+fills the structure pointed to by
+.I curr_value
+with the current setting for the timer specified by
 .I which
 (one of
 .BR ITIMER_REAL ,
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ is disabled.
 Similarly,
 .I it_interval
 is set to the reset value.
+
 The function
 .BR setitimer ()
-sets the indicated timer to the value in
-.IR value .
+sets the specified timer to the value in
+.IR new_value .
 If
-.I ovalue
+.I old_value
 is non-NULL, the old value of the timer is stored there.
 .LP
 Timers decrement from
@@ -121,10 +122,11 @@ is set appropriately.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EFAULT
-.I value
+.IR new_value ,
+.IR old_value ,
 or
-.I ovalue
-are not valid pointers.
+.I curr_value
+is not valid a pointer.
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
 .I which
@@ -135,7 +137,9 @@ or
 .BR ITIMER_PROF ;
 or (since Linux 2.6.22) one of the
 .I tv_usec
-fields contains a value outside the range 0 to 999999.
+fields in the structure pointed to by
+.I new_value
+contains a value outside the range 0 to 999999.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
 POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.4BSD (this call first appeared in 4.2BSD).
 POSIX.1-2008 marks