diff --git a/man2/syscall.2 b/man2/syscall.2
index eb8b6b787..4e61d925f 100644
--- a/man2/syscall.2
+++ b/man2/syscall.2
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ Since the offset argument is 64 bits, and the first argument
 .RI ( fd )
 is passed in
 .IR r0 ,
-we need to manually split and align the 64-bit value ourselves so that it is
-passed in the
+the caller must manually split and align the 64-bit value
+so that it is passed in the
 .IR r2 / r3
 register pair.
 That means inserting a dummy value into