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diff --git a/man3/malloc.3 b/man3/malloc.3
index 372b503c00..84d9852479 100644
--- a/man3/malloc.3
+++ b/man3/malloc.3
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ The
.BR malloc ()
and
.BR calloc ()
-functions return a pointer to the allocated memory
-that is suitably aligned for any kind of variable.
+functions return a pointer to the allocated memory,
+which is suitably aligned for any built-in type.
On error, these functions return NULL.
NULL may also be returned by a successful call to
.BR malloc ()
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function returns no value.
The
.BR realloc ()
function returns a pointer to the newly allocated memory, which is suitably
-aligned for any kind of variable and may be different from
+aligned for any built-in type and may be different from
.IR ptr ,
or NULL if the request fails.
If