diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
index f66c4ce9..2bac4179 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.22 2014/07/13 14:24:23 tedu Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.23 2014/07/13 14:25:00 tedu Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2014 $
 .Dt RANDOM 3
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ as the seed.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn srandomdev
-switches to an algorithm using state derived from
+routine switches to an algorithm using state derived from
 random numbers obtained from the kernel.
 Note that this particular seeding procedure can generate
 states which are impossible to reproduce by calling