diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index 8d2fdb255..b3ebe817f 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" and in case of nontrivial modification author and date
 .\" of the modification is added to the header.
 .\" $Id: packet.7,v 1.13 2000/08/14 08:03:45 ak Exp $
-.TH PACKET  7 2008-08-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH PACKET  7 2012-02-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 packet, AF_PACKET \- packet interface on device level.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct sockaddr_ll {
     unsigned short sll_family;   /* Always AF_PACKET */
     unsigned short sll_protocol; /* Physical layer protocol */
     int            sll_ifindex;  /* Interface number */
-    unsigned short sll_hatype;   /* Header type */
+    unsigned short sll_hatype;   /* ARP hardware type */
     unsigned char  sll_pkttype;  /* Packet type */
     unsigned char  sll_halen;    /* Length of address */
     unsigned char  sll_addr[8];  /* Physical layer address */