diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index 8d333f55..e6566856 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.19 2000/04/20 02:14:26 aaron Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.20 2000/10/25 15:23:15 aaron Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd August 27, 1996
 .Dt MALLOC 3
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ We found something we didn't understand.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/malloc.conf"
 .It Pa /etc/malloc.conf
-symbolic link to file containing option flags
+symbolic link to filename containing option flags
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr brk 2 ,