diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getutxent.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getutxent.3
index d25aacff7b43..1fe64f1356e3 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getutxent.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getutxent.3
@@ -386,10 +386,10 @@ Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
 is set to indicate the error.
 .Sh ERRORS
 In addition to the error conditions described in
+.Xr open 2 ,
 .Xr fdopen 3 ,
 .Xr fopen 3 ,
 .Xr fseek 3 ,
-.Xr open 3 ,
 the
 .Fn pututxline
 function can generate the following errors: