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diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
index 87a4fe253fa..b57dcd15e37 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.4 1998/02/06 01:49:08 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.5 1998/02/07 02:16:25 millert Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 19, 1991
.Dt RANDOM 3
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
.Ft long
.Fn random void
.Ft void
-.Fn srandom "unsigned seed"
+.Fn srandom "unsigned int seed"
.Ft char *
-.Fn initstate "unsigned seed" "char *state" "size_t n"
+.Fn initstate "unsigned int seed" "char *state" "size_t n"
.Ft char *
-.Fn setstate "char *state"
+.Fn setstate "const char *state"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn random
@@ -162,7 +162,17 @@ is called with less than 8 bytes of state information, or if
detects that the state information has been garbled, error
messages are printed on the standard error output.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr drand48 3 ,
.Xr rand 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn random ,
+.Fn srandom ,
+.Fn initstate ,
+and
+.Fn setstate
+functions conform to
+.St -xpg4.2 .
.Sh HISTORY
These
functions appeared in