diff --git a/lib/libc/db/man/hash.3 b/lib/libc/db/man/hash.3
index 4367031863fd..d408b5dcbca3 100644
--- a/lib/libc/db/man/hash.3
+++ b/lib/libc/db/man/hash.3
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ If a hash function is specified,
 will attempt to determine if the hash function specified is the same as
 the one with which the database was created, and will fail if it is not.
 .PP
-Backward compatible interfaces to the routines described in
-.IR dbm (3),
+Backward compatible interfaces to the older
+.I dbm
 and
-.IR ndbm (3)
-are provided, however these interfaces are not compatible with
+.I ndbm
+routines are provided, however these interfaces are not compatible with
 previous file formats.
 .SH ERRORS
 The