diff --git a/ares/ares_library_cleanup.3 b/ares/ares_library_cleanup.3
index 3919dc3a60f46ff08646cabf3eae72f43bf3a71d..4bbe0b899d7cda67c5858d86f6b48bf578da3f81 100644
--- a/ares/ares_library_cleanup.3
+++ b/ares/ares_library_cleanup.3
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ Since the introduction of this function, it is absolutely mandatory to call it
 for any Win32/64 program using c-ares.
 .PP
 Non-Win32/64 systems can still use c-ares version 1.7.0 without calling
-\fIares_library_cleanup(3)\fP due to the fact that it is nearly a do-nothing
-function on non-Win32/64 platforms.
+\fIares_library_cleanup(3)\fP due to the fact that \fIcurrently\fP it is nearly
+a do-nothing function on non-Win32/64 platforms.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR ares_library_init(3),
 .BR ares_cancel(3)
diff --git a/ares/ares_library_init.3 b/ares/ares_library_init.3
index b7d0ec3eb8a114c4e4b50037bde3e4bd257e17a4..1d49c2016b32cc8b286ec53c5d81ae404bdb084c 100644
--- a/ares/ares_library_init.3
+++ b/ares/ares_library_init.3
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ Since the introduction of this function it is absolutely mandatory to
 call it for any Win32/64 program using c-ares.
 .PP
 Non-Win32/64 systems can still use c-ares version 1.7.0 without calling
-\fIares_library_init(3)\fP due to the fact that it is nearly a do-nothing
-function on non-Win32/64 platforms at this point.
+\fIares_library_init(3)\fP due to the fact that \fIcurrently\fP it is nearly
+a do-nothing function on non-Win32/64 platforms at this point.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR ares_library_cleanup(3),
 .BR ares_strerror(3)