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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct stat *</tt><em>statbuf</em><tt>);</tt>
 <h3>Description</h3>
 <p>
 <tt>fstat</tt> retrieves status information about the file referred to
-by the file handle <em>fd</em> and stores it in the stat structure
+by the file descriptor <em>fd</em> and stores it in the stat structure
 pointed to by <em>statbuf</em>.
 </p>