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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/adjtime.2 b/lib/libc/sys/adjtime.2
index a090ed4b1b38..373c46e21257 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/adjtime.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/adjtime.2
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn adjtime
-function
+system call
makes small adjustments to the system time, as returned by
.Xr gettimeofday 2 ,
advancing or retarding it
@@ -82,15 +82,16 @@ of computers in a local area network.
Such time servers would slow down the clocks of some machines
and speed up the clocks of others to bring them to the average network time.
.Pp
-The call
+The
.Fn adjtime
+system call
is restricted to the super-user.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std adjtime
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn adjtime
-function will fail if:
+system call will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EFAULT
An argument points outside the process's allocated address space.
@@ -110,5 +111,5 @@ The process's effective user ID is not that of the super-user.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn adjtime
-function call appeared in
+system call appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .