diff --git a/lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3 b/lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3
index a5926bfe09a..5bd40d70fea 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/sctp_recvmsg.3
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ The
 field is not used by 
 .Fn sctp_recvmsg .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-The call returns the number of characters sent, or -1
+The call returns the number of bytes received, or -1
 if an error occurred.
 .Sh ERRORS
 The