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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/chdir.2 b/lib/libc/sys/chdir.2
index bb7a0c8be5e5..373892bd4340 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/chdir.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/chdir.2
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The
argument points to the pathname of a directory.
The
.Fn chdir
-function
+system call
causes the named directory
to become the current working directory, that is,
the starting point for path searches of pathnames not beginning with
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ a slash,
.Pp
The
.Fn fchdir
-function
+system call
causes the directory referenced by
.Fa fd
to become the current working directory,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ a process must have execute (search) access to the directory.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn chdir
-function
+system call
will fail and the current working directory will be unchanged if
one or more of the following are true:
.Bl -tag -width Er
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
.Pp
The
.Fn fchdir
-function
+system call
will fail and the current working directory will be unchanged if
one or more of the following are true:
.Bl -tag -width Er
@@ -121,15 +121,14 @@ is not a valid file descriptor.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn chdir
-function call is expected to conform to
+system call is expected to conform to
.St -p1003.1-90 .
.Sh HISTORY
-A
+The
.Fn chdir
-function call appeared in
+system call appeared in
.At v7 .
The
.Fn fchdir
-function call
-appeared in
+system call appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .