diff --git a/man2/exit_group.2 b/man2/exit_group.2
index fc8cbe9ef..a6a6d9b26 100644
--- a/man2/exit_group.2
+++ b/man2/exit_group.2
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ glibc provides no wrapper for
 necessitating the use of
 .BR syscall (2).
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-This system call is equivalent to
-.BR _exit (2)
-except that it terminates not only the calling thread, but all threads
+This system call terminates all threads
 in the calling process's thread group.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 This system call does not return.