diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3
index 5961a84a9d83..cc2560266e77 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/strerror.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ function was implemented in
 by
 .An Wes Peters Aq wes@FreeBSD.org .
 .Sh BUGS
-For unknown error numbers, the
+The
 .Fn strerror
-function will return its result in a static buffer which
-may be overwritten by subsequent calls.
+function returns its result in a static buffer which
+will be overwritten by subsequent calls.
 .Pp
 The return type for
 .Fn strerror