diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/chown.2 b/lib/libc/sys/chown.2
index 94d8972727fe..8395baf24e7a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/chown.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/chown.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: chown.2,v 1.10 1995/10/12 15:40:47 jtc Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: chown.2,v 1.11 1997/04/30 19:35:33 kleink Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993, 1994
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ but the change
 capability is restricted to the super-user.
 .Pp
 .Fn Chown
-clears the set-user-id and set-group-id bits
+and
+.Fn fchown
+clear the set-user-id and set-group-id bits
 on the file
 to prevent accidental or mischievous creation of
 set-user-id and set-group-id programs.
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Fn chown
-function is expected to conform to 
+function conforms to 
 .St -p1003.1-88 .
 .Sh HISTORY
 The