diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/abort.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/abort.3
index dee0b1f49080..f3a75507c03d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/abort.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/abort.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: abort.3,v 1.3 1995/12/28 08:51:56 thorpej Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: abort.3,v 1.4 1997/05/19 02:22:42 kleink Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ signal
 .Dv SIGABRT
 is being caught and the signal handler does not return.
 .Pp
-No open streams are closed or flushed.
+Calling the
+.Fn abort
+function results in temporary files being removed.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 .Nm abort