diff --git a/man2/syslog.2 b/man2/syslog.2
index 8b8b96975..c1989ad02 100644
--- a/man2/syslog.2
+++ b/man2/syslog.2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ set console_loglevel
 .BI "int klogctl(int " type ", char *" bufp ", int " len );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-If you need the libc function
+If you need the C library function
 .BR syslog ()
 (which talks to
 .BR syslogd (8)),