diff --git a/man3/getaddrinfo.3 b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
index 35071b733..1e13e3ef2 100644
--- a/man3/getaddrinfo.3
+++ b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
@@ -583,9 +583,9 @@ and
 respectively).
 .TP
 .B EAI_SYSTEM
-Other system error, check
+Other system error;
 .I errno
-for details.
+is set to indicate the error.
 .PP
 The
 .BR gai_strerror ()