diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
index dc8e961d8ce..254be0a3a07 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@
 .Fn setstate "char *state"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Bf -symbolic
-The functions described in this manual page are not cryptographically
-secure.
-Cryptographic applications should use
+The functions described in this manual page are not secure.
+Applications which require unpredictable random numbers should use
 .Xr arc4random 3
 instead.
 .Ef