diff --git a/man2/chown.2 b/man2/chown.2
index 90f04a8e4..5ff187a75 100644
--- a/man2/chown.2
+++ b/man2/chown.2
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ chown, fchown, lchown, fchownat \- change ownership of a file
 .nf
 .B #include <unistd.h>
 .sp
-.BI "int chown(const char *" path ", uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group );
+.BI "int chown(const char *" pathname ", uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group );
 .br
 .BI "int fchown(int " fd ", uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group );
 .br
-.BI "int lchown(const char *" path ", uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group );
+.BI "int lchown(const char *" pathname ", uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group );
 .sp
 .BR "#include <fcntl.h>           " "/* Definition of AT_* constants */"
 .B #include <unistd.h>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ system calls differ only in how the file is specified:
 .IP * 2
 .BR chown ()
 changes the ownership of the file specified by
-.IR path ,
+.IR pathname ,
 which is dereferenced if it is a symbolic link.
 .IP *
 .BR fchown ()
@@ -235,15 +235,15 @@ Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix.
 .BR path_resolution (7).)
 .TP
 .B EFAULT
-.I path
+.I pathname
 points outside your accessible address space.
 .TP
 .B ELOOP
 Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving
-.IR path .
+.IR pathname .
 .TP
 .B ENAMETOOLONG
-.I path
+.I pathname
 is too long.
 .TP
 .B ENOENT