diff --git a/buffer/buffer_peek.3 b/buffer/buffer_peek.3
index 51ab7ae..9908d3c 100644
--- a/buffer/buffer_peek.3
+++ b/buffer/buffer_peek.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buffer_peek \- return pointer to string in buffer
 .SH SYNTAX
 .B #include <buffer.h>
 
-int \fBbuffer_peek\fP(buffer* \fIb\fR);
+char* \fBbuffer_peek\fP(buffer* \fIb\fR);
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 buffer_peek returns a pointer to the first byte of the string in the
 buffer.