diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
index 01caf960..1e1e14f0 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.3 1997/04/03 07:22:31 deraadt Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.4 1997/06/02 11:13:33 deraadt Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 19, 1994
 .Dt GETOPT 3
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ returns \-1.
 If the
 .Fn getopt
 function encounters a character not found in the string
-.Va optarg
+.Va optstring
 or detects
-a missing option argument it writes an error message and returns
-.Ql ?
-to the
-.Em stderr .
+a missing option argument it writes an error message to 
+.Em stderr 
+and returns
+.Ql ? .
 Setting
 .Va opterr
 to a zero will disable these error messages.