diff --git a/include/netdb.h b/include/netdb.h
index 00b166522ffe..122e997f8d53 100644
--- a/include/netdb.h
+++ b/include/netdb.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: netdb.h,v 1.68 2013/05/04 00:37:47 riz Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: netdb.h,v 1.69 2013/08/19 07:18:42 christos Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * ++Copyright++ 1980, 1983, 1988, 1993
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ void		endservent(void);
 void		freehostent(struct hostent *);
 #endif
 #endif
-struct hostent	*gethostbyaddr(const char *, socklen_t, int);
+struct hostent	*gethostbyaddr(const void *, socklen_t, int);
 struct hostent	*gethostbyname(const char *);
 #if defined(_NETBSD_SOURCE)
 struct hostent	*gethostbyname2(const char *, int);
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/gethnamaddr.c b/lib/libc/net/gethnamaddr.c
index 6dd606687206..97ee6c0c7139 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/gethnamaddr.c
+++ b/lib/libc/net/gethnamaddr.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: gethnamaddr.c,v 1.81 2013/08/18 09:57:16 christos Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: gethnamaddr.c,v 1.82 2013/08/19 07:18:42 christos Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * ++Copyright++ 1985, 1988, 1993
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)gethostnamadr.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
 static char rcsid[] = "Id: gethnamaddr.c,v 8.21 1997/06/01 20:34:37 vixie Exp ";
 #else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: gethnamaddr.c,v 1.81 2013/08/18 09:57:16 christos Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: gethnamaddr.c,v 1.82 2013/08/19 07:18:42 christos Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ static struct hostent h_ent;
 static char h_buf[16384];
 
 struct hostent *
-gethostbyaddr(const char *addr, socklen_t len, int af) {
+gethostbyaddr(const void *addr, socklen_t len, int af) {
 	return gethostbyaddr_r(addr, len, af, &h_ent, h_buf, sizeof(h_buf),
 	    &h_errno);
 }
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
index e0224bc3b20f..4d1cb5a127e2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: gethostbyname.3,v 1.28 2006/10/07 21:30:39 apb Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: gethostbyname.3,v 1.29 2013/08/19 07:18:42 christos Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)gethostbyname.3   8.4 (Berkeley) 5/25/95
 .\"
-.Dd October 7, 2006
+.Dd August 19, 2013
 .Dt GETHOSTBYNAME 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 .Ft struct hostent *
 .Fn gethostbyname2 "const char *name" "int af"
 .Ft struct hostent *
-.Fn gethostbyaddr "const char *addr" "socklen_t len" "int type"
+.Fn gethostbyaddr "const void *addr" "socklen_t len" "int type"
 .Ft struct hostent *
 .Fn gethostent void
 .Ft void