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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/shm_open.3 b/lib/libc/gen/shm_open.3
index cbd4dc7..e4910a9 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/shm_open.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/shm_open.3
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
.Fn shm_unlink "const char *path"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm shm_open
+.Fn shm_open
function opens (or optionally creates) a
.Tn POSIX
shared memory object named
.Fa path .
The
-.Nm shm_unlink
+.Fn shm_unlink
function removes a shared memory object named
.Fa path .
.Pp
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ implementation,
.Tn POSIX
shared memory objects are implemented as ordinary files.
The
-.Nm shm_open
+.Fn shm_open
and
-.Nm shm_unlink
+.Fn shm_unlink
act as wrappers around the
.Xr open 2
and
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ In addition, the
implementation causes
.Fn mmap
of a descriptor returned by
-.Nm shm_open
+.Fn shm_open
to behave as if the
.Dv MAP_NOSYNC
flag had been specified to
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ flag had been specified to
.Xr fcntl 2 . )
.Pp
The
-.Nm shm_unlink
+.Fn shm_unlink
function makes no effort to ensure that
.Fa path
refers to a shared memory object.
@@ -173,16 +173,16 @@ specifies an access mode of
.Xr unlink 2
.Sh STANDARDS
The
-.Nm shm_open
+.Fn shm_open
and
-.Nm shm_unlink
+.Fn shm_unlink
functions are believed to conform to
.St -p1003.1b .
.Sh HISTORY
The
-.Nm shm_open
+.Fn shm_open
and
-.Nm shm_unlink
+.Fn shm_unlink
functions first appeared in
.Fx 5.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
@@ -191,4 +191,3 @@ functions first appeared in
.Pp
.An Matthew Dillon Aq dillon@FreeBSD.org
.Pq Dv MAP_NOSYNC
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