diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
index a730d18dced9..610c152b610d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: getsockopt.2,v 1.8 1997/01/12 00:46:08 thorpej Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: getsockopt.2,v 1.9 1997/01/12 01:01:06 thorpej Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ The cmsghdr fields have the following values:
 .Bd -literal
 cmsg_len = sizeof(struct timeval)
 cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET
-cmsg_type = SO_TIMESTAMP
+cmsg_type = SCM_TIMESTAMP
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Finally,