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diff --git a/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 b/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3
index ede910b..19a71e1 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" @(#)bcopy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 11, 2015
+.Dd August 13, 2015
.Dt BCOPY 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -58,16 +58,14 @@ If
.Fa len
is zero, no bytes are copied.
.Pp
-This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in
-POSIX.1-2001): use
-.Xr memcpy 3
-or
+This function is obsolete (marked as LEGACY in
+POSIX.1-2001): please use
.Xr memmove 3
in new programs.
-Note that the first two arguments are
-interchanged for
-.Xr memcpy 3
-and
+Note that
+.Fn bcopy
+takes its src and dst arguments in the opposite
+order from
.Xr memmove 3 .
POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of
.Fn bcopy .
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