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diff --git a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
index 4f4b9dc..c6f7b90 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ referenced by name or by address, respectively.
.Pp
The
.Fa name
-parameter passed to
+argument passed to
.Fn gethostbyname
or
.Fn gethostbyname2
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ should point to a
hostname.
The
.Fa addr
-parameter passed to
+argument passed to
.Fn gethostbyaddr
should point to an address which is
.Fa len
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ in binary form
form).
The
.Fa type
-parameter specifies the address family
+argument specifies the address family
(e.g.\&
.Dv AF_INET , AF_INET6 ,
etc.) of this address.
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ connection.
The
.Fn herror
function writes a message to the diagnostic output consisting of the
-string parameter
-.Fa s ,
+string argument
+.Fa string ,
the constant string
.Qq Li ":\ " ,
and a message corresponding to the value of
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ The
function returns a string which is the message text corresponding to the
value of the
.Fa err
-parameter.
+argument.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/nsswitch.conf -compact
.It Pa /etc/hosts
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