diff --git a/man2/getunwind.2 b/man2/getunwind.2
index dcfe111a7..5e35ec76d 100644
--- a/man2/getunwind.2
+++ b/man2/getunwind.2
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ manual.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success,
 .BR getunwind ()
-returns the size of the unwind table.
+returns the size of the unwind data.
 On error, \-1 is returned and
 .I errno
 is set to indicate the error.