diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getdents.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getdents.2
index 771fde7b2c24..704a2bb09c70 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getdents.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getdents.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: getdents.2,v 1.16 2005/08/19 02:04:54 christos Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: getdents.2,v 1.17 2005/09/05 21:58:38 yamt Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)getdirentries.2	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
 .\"
-.Dd August 15, 2005
+.Dd September 6, 2005
 .Dt GETDENTS 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ structures each containing the following entries:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 ino_t		d_fileno;
 u_int16_t	d_reclen;
+u_int16_t	d_namlen;
 u_int8_t	d_type;
-u_int8_t	d_namlen;
 char    	d_name[MAXNAMLEN + 1]; /* see below */
 .Ed
 .Pp