1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
index 083849f42c..4acbe69606 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"     $OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.16 2002/02/23 19:54:29 miod Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.17 2002/08/19 22:29:52 miod Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 19, 1994
 .Dt GETOPT 3
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ It is provided for backward compatibility
 .Em only .
 The following code fragment works in most cases.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-int length;
+long length;
 char *p;
 
 while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "0123456789")) != -1) {