diff --git a/man7/vsock.7 b/man7/vsock.7
index b6c394302..628200aa8 100644
--- a/man7/vsock.7
+++ b/man7/vsock.7
@@ -47,11 +47,15 @@ address using
 and then calling
 .BR listen (2).
 .PP
-Data is transferred using the usual
+Data is transmitted using the
 .BR send (2)
-and
+or
+.BR write (2)
+families of system calls and data is received using the
 .BR recv (2)
-family of socket system calls.
+or
+.BR read (2)
+families of system calls.
 .SS Address format
 A socket address is defined as a combination of a 32-bit Context Identifier
 (CID) and a 32-bit port number.
@@ -163,12 +167,13 @@ Operation not supported.
 This includes:
 the
 .B MSG_OOB
-flag that is not implemented for
-.BR sendmsg (2)
-and
+flag that is not implemented for the
+.BR send (2)
+family of syscalls and
 .B MSG_PEEK
-for
-.BR recvmsg (2).
+for the
+.BR recv (2)
+family of syscalls.
 .TP
 .B EPROTONOSUPPORT
 Invalid socket protocol number.