diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3
index 8f069bcf61d7..05451c1de085 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: fopen.3,v 1.14 2002/02/07 07:00:25 ross Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: fopen.3,v 1.15 2002/05/15 07:00:22 kleink Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ This is strictly for compatibility with
 .St -ansiC
 and has no effect; the ``b'' is ignored.
 .Pp
-The letter ``f'' in the mode string restricts fopen to plain
-files; if the file opened is not a plain file,
+The letter ``f'' in the mode string restricts fopen to regular
+files; if the file opened is not a regular file,
 .Fn fopen
 will fail. This is a non
 .St -ansiC
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ or
 .Fn freopen
 was invalid.
 .It Bq Er EFTYPE
-The file is not a plain file and the character ``f'' is specified
+The file is not a regular file and the character ``f'' is specified
 in the mode.
 .El
 .Pp