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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/aio_write.2 b/lib/libc/sys/aio_write.2
index fae6fc635bc1..9858ea963cb0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/aio_write.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/aio_write.2
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn aio_write
-function allows the calling process to write
+system call allows the calling process to write
.Fa iocb->aio_nbytes
from the buffer pointed to by
.Fa iocb->aio_buf
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ The asynchronous I/O control buffer
.Fa iocb
should be zeroed before the
.Fn aio_write
-call to avoid passing bogus context information to the kernel.
+system call to avoid passing bogus context information to the kernel.
.Pp
Modifications of the Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure or the
buffer contents after the request has been enqueued, but before the
@@ -112,26 +112,26 @@ no I/O will occur.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn aio_write
-function will fail if:
+system call will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EAGAIN
The request was not queued because of system resource limitations.
.It Bq Er ENOSYS
The
.Fn aio_write
-call is not supported.
+system call is not supported.
.El
.Pp
The following conditions may be synchronously detected when the
.Fn aio_write
-call is made, or asynchronously, at any time thereafter. If they
+system call is made, or asynchronously, at any time thereafter. If they
are detected at call time,
.Fn aio_write
returns -1 and sets
.Va errno
appropriately; otherwise the
.Fn aio_return
-function must be called, and will return -1, and
+system call must be called, and will return -1, and
.Fn aio_error
must be called to determine the actual value that would have been
returned in
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ is not valid.
If the request is successfully enqueued, but subsequently canceled
or an error occurs, the value returned by the
.Fn aio_return
-function is per the
+system call is per the
.Xr write 2
-call, and the value returned by the
+system call, and the value returned by the
.Fn aio_error
-function is either one of the error returns from the
+system call is either one of the error returns from the
.Xr write 2
-call, or one of:
+system call, or one of:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EBADF
.Fa iocb->aio_fildes
@@ -181,14 +181,16 @@ would be invalid.
.Xr aio_waitcomplete 2 ,
.Xr aio 4
.Sh STANDARDS
+The
.Fn aio_write
+system call
is expected to conform to the
.St -p1003.2
standard.
.Sh HISTORY
The
-.Nm
-Function first appeared in
+.Fn aio_write
+system call first appeared in
.Fx 3.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
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