diff --git a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 b/lib/libc/net/inet.3
index 2406d54d07b6..29aa805323ed 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/inet.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/inet.3
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ respectively.
 All Internet addresses are returned in network
 order (bytes ordered from left to right).
 All network numbers and local address parts are
-returned as machine format integer values.
+returned as machine byte order integer values.
 .Sh INTERNET ADDRESSES
 Values specified using the
 .Ql .\&