diff --git a/lib/libarchive/archive_read.3 b/lib/libarchive/archive_read.3
index 61c12eed8313..317d36dca846 100644
--- a/lib/libarchive/archive_read.3
+++ b/lib/libarchive/archive_read.3
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 .Nm archive_read_extract_set_progress_callback ,
 .Nm archive_read_close
 .Nm archive_read_finish
-.Nd functions for reading tar archives
+.Nd functions for reading streaming archives
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In archive.h
 .Ft struct archive *