diff --git a/lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3 b/lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3
index fabce8a8f2c1..eedf804abfdd 100644
--- a/lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3
+++ b/lib/libc/db/man/dbm.3
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 16, 2006
+.Dd February 19, 2015
 .Dt DBM 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -174,9 +174,7 @@ deletes the entry for
 The
 .Fn dbm_delete
 function
-normally returns zero but returns 1 if there was no entry with
-.Fa key
-in the database or returns -1 and sets
+normally returns zero or returns -1 and sets
 .Va errno
 if there were any errors.
 .Pp