diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/getc.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/getc.3
index 79fd0dcc8b4b..0a6a649b2ab6 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/getc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/getc.3
@@ -77,11 +77,7 @@ The
 .Fn getchar
 function
 is equivalent to
-.Fn getc
-with a
-.Fa stream
-of
-.Dv stdin .
+.Fn getc stdin .
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn getw