diff --git a/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_and.3 b/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_and.3
index 7f5ed50d4b94..f3e2c8d16992 100644
--- a/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_and.3
+++ b/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_and.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: atomic_and.3,v 1.1 2008/06/23 10:22:40 ad Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: atomic_and.3,v 1.2 2018/06/16 08:11:32 dholland Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 .Nm atomic_and_uint_nv ,
 .Nm atomic_and_ulong_nv ,
 .Nm atomic_and_64_nv
-.Nd atomic logical
+.Nd atomic bitwise
 .Sq and
 operations
 .\" .Sh LIBRARY
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The
 .Nm atomic_and
 family of functions load the value of the variable referenced by
 .Fa ptr ,
-perform a logical
+perform a bitwise
 .Sq and
 with the value
 .Fa bits ,
diff --git a/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_ops.3 b/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_ops.3
index f996592e63ab..c55b160e9fd7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_ops.3
+++ b/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_ops.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: atomic_ops.3,v 1.7 2018/02/07 09:59:56 martin Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: atomic_ops.3,v 1.8 2018/06/16 08:11:32 dholland Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ There are 7 classes of atomic memory operations available:
 .It Xr atomic_add 3
 These functions perform atomic addition.
 .It Xr atomic_and 3
-These functions perform atomic logical
+These functions perform atomic bitwise
 .Dq and .
 .It Xr atomic_cas 3
 These functions perform atomic compare-and-swap.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ These functions perform atomic decrement.
 .It Xr atomic_inc 3
 These functions perform atomic increment.
 .It Xr atomic_or 3
-These functions perform atomic logical
+These functions perform atomic bitwise
 .Dq or .
 .It Xr atomic_swap 3
 These functions perform atomic swap.
diff --git a/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_or.3 b/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_or.3
index 903f5b02c232..42018362b095 100644
--- a/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_or.3
+++ b/lib/libc/atomic/atomic_or.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: atomic_or.3,v 1.1 2008/06/23 10:22:40 ad Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: atomic_or.3,v 1.2 2018/06/16 08:11:32 dholland Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 .Nm atomic_or_uint_nv ,
 .Nm atomic_or_ulong_nv ,
 .Nm atomic_or_64_nv
-.Nd atomic logical
+.Nd atomic bitwise
 .Sq or
 operations
 .\" .Sh LIBRARY
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The
 .Nm atomic_or
 family of functions load the value of the variable referenced by
 .Fa ptr ,
-perform a logical
+perform a bitwise
 .Sq or
 with the value
 .Fa bits ,