diff --git a/man2/symlink.2 b/man2/symlink.2
index ffebf1447..a6fd90845 100644
--- a/man2/symlink.2
+++ b/man2/symlink.2
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
 .\" Modified 1997-01-31 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
 .\" Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\"
-.TH SYMLINK 2 2013-01-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SYMLINK 2 2013-10-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 symlink \- make a new name for a file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B #include <unistd.h>
 .sp
-.BI "int symlink(const char *" oldpath ", const char *" newpath );
+.BI "int symlink(const char *" filepath ", const char *" linkpath );
 .sp
 .in -4n
 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR symlink ()
 creates a symbolic link named
-.I newpath
+.I linkpath
 which contains the string
-.IR oldpath .
+.IR filepath .
 
 Symbolic links are interpreted at run time as if the contents of the
 link had been substituted into the path being followed to find a file or
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ the sticky bit
 set.
 
 If
-.I newpath
+.I linkpath
 exists it will
 .I not
 be overwritten.
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ is set appropriately.
 .TP
 .B EACCES
 Write access to the directory containing
-.I newpath
+.I linkpath
 is denied, or one of the directories in the path prefix of
-.I newpath
+.I linkpath
 did not allow search permission.
 (See also
 .BR path_resolution (7).)
@@ -103,27 +103,27 @@ The resources could be inodes or disk blocks, depending on the filesystem
 implementation.
 .TP
 .B EEXIST
-.I newpath
+.I linkpath
 already exists.
 .TP
 .B EFAULT
-.IR oldpath " or " newpath " points outside your accessible address space."
+.IR filepath " or " linkpath " points outside your accessible address space."
 .TP
 .B EIO
 An I/O error occurred.
 .TP
 .B ELOOP
 Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving
-.IR newpath .
+.IR linkpath .
 .TP
 .B ENAMETOOLONG
-.IR oldpath " or " newpath " was too long."
+.IR filepath " or " linkpath " was too long."
 .TP
 .B ENOENT
 A directory component in
-.I newpath
+.I linkpath
 does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link, or
-.I oldpath
+.I filepath
 is the empty string.
 .TP
 .B ENOMEM
@@ -135,16 +135,16 @@ entry.
 .TP
 .B ENOTDIR
 A component used as a directory in
-.I newpath
+.I linkpath
 is not, in fact, a directory.
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 The filesystem containing
-.I newpath
+.I linkpath
 does not support the creation of symbolic links.
 .TP
 .B EROFS
-.I newpath
+.I linkpath
 is on a read-only filesystem.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
 .\" re multiple files with the same name, and NFS.
 .SH NOTES
 No checking of
-.I oldpath
+.I filepath
 is done.
 
 Deleting the name referred to by a symlink will actually delete the