diff --git a/man/man3/print.3 b/man/man3/print.3
index 3fd32d1c..a701bc04 100644
--- a/man/man3/print.3
+++ b/man/man3/print.3
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ are the same as
 and
 .I smprint
 except that their output is rune strings instead of byte strings.
+They return a rune count rather than a byte count.
 .PP
 Finally, the routines
 .IR vfprint ,