diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3 b/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3
index 8ec3b0910939..697c0d2f51ce 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: valloc.3,v 1.12 2003/08/07 16:42:59 agc Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: valloc.3,v 1.13 2010/05/06 09:34:52 jruoho Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)valloc.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
 .\"
-.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dd May 6, 2010
 .Dt VALLOC 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
 .Fn valloc "size_t size"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Bf -symbolic
-Valloc is obsoleted by the current version of
+The
+.Fn valloc
+function is obsoleted by the current version of
 .Xr malloc 3 ,
 which aligns page-sized and larger allocations.
 .Ef
@@ -71,5 +73,5 @@ function appeared in
 .Bx 3.0 .
 .Sh BUGS
 A
-.Em vfree
+.Dq Fn vfree
 function has not been implemented.