diff --git a/share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9 b/share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9
index 8737268151ab..973adebf2cfb 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 .In sys/proc.h
 .In sys/module.h
 .In sys/sysent.h
-.Fn SYSCALL_MODULE name "int *offset" "struct sysent new_sysent" "modeventhand_t evh" "void *arg"
+.Fn SYSCALL_MODULE name "int *offset" "struct sysent *new_sysent" "modeventhand_t evh" "void *arg"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn SYSCALL_MODULE
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ which saves the offset in
 .Vt "struct sysent"
 where the syscall is allocated.
 .It Fa new_sysent
-The function implementing the syscall and the number of arguments this
-function needs (see
+is a pointer to a structure that specifies the function implementing
+the syscall and the number of arguments this function needs (see
 .In sys/sysent.h ) .
 .It Fa evh
 A pointer to the kernel module event handler function with the argument