diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3
index 127618c102b..80824ffcabc 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3
@@ -66,12 +66,9 @@ and a terminating newline character,
 to the stream
 .Dv stdout .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-The
+The functions
 .Fn fputs
-function
-returns 0 on success and
-.Dv EOF
-on error;
+and
 .Fn puts
 returns a nonnegative integer on success and
 .Dv EOF