diff --git a/ares/ares_gethostbyaddr.3 b/ares/ares_gethostbyaddr.3
index 76403ddad692c1520baebdaeca57bf8af3233f63..e3fc3c52229d94548f384616b89c23281632aa47 100644
--- a/ares/ares_gethostbyaddr.3
+++ b/ares/ares_gethostbyaddr.3
@@ -40,14 +40,10 @@ and
 .I addrlen
 give the address as a series of bytes, and
 .I family
-gives the type of address.  When the query is complete or has failed,
-the ares library will invoke
-.IR callback .
-Completion or failure of the query may happen immediately, or may
-happen during a later call to
-.BR ares_process (3)
-or
-.BR ares_destroy (3).
+gives the type of address.  When the query is complete or has failed, the ares
+library will invoke \fIcallback\fP.  Completion or failure of the query may
+happen immediately, or may happen during a later call to
+\fIares_process(3)\fP, \fIares_destroy(3)\fP or \fIares_cancel(3)\fP.
 .PP
 The callback argument
 .I arg
@@ -93,7 +89,8 @@ did not complete successfully,
 will be
 .BR NULL .
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ares_process (3)
+.BR ares_process (3),
+.BR ares_gethostbyname (3)
 .SH AUTHOR
 Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
 .br
diff --git a/ares/ares_gethostbyname.3 b/ares/ares_gethostbyname.3
index 9f5b07e348da5414af52fa56122086e2b1fb6425..680b213f34b9a275e22ab3e62338122aefb3ad09 100644
--- a/ares/ares_gethostbyname.3
+++ b/ares/ares_gethostbyname.3
@@ -37,14 +37,11 @@ The parameter
 .I name
 gives the hostname as a NUL-terminated C string, and
 .I family
-gives the desired type of address for the resulting host entry.  When
-the query is complete or has failed, the ares library will invoke
-.IR callback .
-Completion or failure of the query may happen immediately, or may
-happen during a later call to
-.BR ares_process (3)
-or
-.BR ares_destroy (3).
+gives the desired type of address for the resulting host entry.  When the
+query is complete or has failed, the ares library will invoke \fIcallback\fP.
+Completion or failure of the query may happen immediately, or may happen
+during a later call to \fIares_process(3)\fP, \fIares_destroy(3)\fP or
+\fIares_cancel(3)\fP.
 .PP
 The callback argument
 .I arg
@@ -96,7 +93,8 @@ did not complete successfully,
 will be
 .BR NULL .
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ares_process (3)
+.BR ares_process (3),
+.BR ares_gethostbyaddr (3)
 .SH AUTHOR
 Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
 .br