diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index f74a5528..e82dc458 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.49 2007/09/03 21:38:34 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.50 2007/09/05 06:03:08 deraadt Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2007 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 5 2007 $
 .Dt MALLOC 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function allocates space for an array of
 .Fa nmemb
 objects, each of whose size is
 .Fa size .
-The space is initialized to all bits zero.
+The space is initialized to zero.
 The use of
 .Fn calloc
 is strongly encouraged when allocating multiple sized objects