diff --git a/share/man/man3/assert.3 b/share/man/man3/assert.3
index 2a9c8f9631d..0e344df1bd6 100644
--- a/share/man/man3/assert.3
+++ b/share/man/man3/assert.3
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ A
 diagnostic message is written to the
 .Em stderr
 and the function
-.Xr _exit 2
+.Xr abort 3
 is called effectively terminating the program.
 .Pp
 If