diff --git a/man3/dlopen.3 b/man3/dlopen.3
index 95b37fe2b..885667470 100644
--- a/man3/dlopen.3
+++ b/man3/dlopen.3
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ deallocated until
 has been called on it as many times as
 .BR dlopen ()
 has succeeded on it.
-Constructors (see below) are called only when the library is actually loaded
+Constructors (see below) are called only when the object is actually loaded
 into memory (i.e., when the reference count increases to 1).
 .PP
 A subsequent
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ On success,
 .BR dlopen ()
 and
 .BR dlmopen ()
-return a non-NULL handle for the loaded library.
+return a non-NULL handle for the loaded object.
 On error
 (file could not be found, was not readable, had the wrong format,
 or caused errors during loading),