diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
index 4db261896152..efa8d01cd567 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ is allowed by the imposed maximum
 .It Bq Er E2BIG
 The number of bytes in the new process's argument list
 is larger than the system-imposed limit.
-The limit in the system as released is 20480 bytes
+The limit in the system as released is 65536 bytes
 .Pf ( Dv NCARGS
 in
 .Ao Pa sys/param.h Ac ) .
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2 b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
index 79aad8a8a6b6..fc102ddef3e6 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ loaded on a drive.
 .It Er 7 E2BIG Em "Arg list too long" .
 The number of bytes used for the argument and environment
 list of the new process exceeded the current limit
-of 20480 bytes
+of 65536 bytes
 .Pf ( Dv NCARGS
 in
 .Aq Pa sys/param.h ) .