diff --git a/sys/man/3/ip b/sys/man/3/ip
index 97cd6bba9..72a7ea7fa 100644
--- a/sys/man/3/ip
+++ b/sys/man/3/ip
@@ -769,6 +769,9 @@ files support the following additional messages:
 .B hangup
 close down this TCP connection
 .TP
+.B close
+graceful hangup
+.TP
 .BI keepalive \ n
 turn on keep alive messages.
 .IR N ,