diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3
index bcfdfd38..68752bb0 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: exit.3,v 1.6 2001/07/27 23:48:12 mpech Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: exit.3,v 1.7 2003/03/06 19:54:52 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 29, 1991
 .Dt EXIT 3
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Following this,
 calls
 .Xr _exit 2 .
 Note that typically
-.Xr exit 2
+.Xr _exit 2
 only passes the lower 8 bits of
 .Fa status
 on to the parent, thus negative values have less meaning.