diff --git a/man3/inet_ntop.3 b/man3/inet_ntop.3
index f87d10ed0..7de0ffafc 100644
--- a/man3/inet_ntop.3
+++ b/man3/inet_ntop.3
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ This function converts the network address structure
 .I src
 in the
 .I af
-address family into a character string, which is copied to a character buffer
+address family into a character string.
+The resulting string is copied to the buffer pointed to by
 .IR dst ,
-which is
-.I size
-bytes long.
+which must be a non-NULL pointer.
+The caller specifies the number of bytes available in this buffer in
+the argument
+.IR size .
 .PP
 .BR inet_ntop ()
 extends the