diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstat.tex b/Doc/lib/libstat.tex
index 18bd1d7a20c..5e7633580a1 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstat.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstat.tex
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Time of last modification.
 \end{datadesc}
 
 \begin{datadesc}{ST_CTIME}
-Time of creation.
+Time of last status change (see manual pages for details).
 \end{datadesc}
 
 Example:
diff --git a/Doc/libstat.tex b/Doc/libstat.tex
index 18bd1d7a20c..5e7633580a1 100644
--- a/Doc/libstat.tex
+++ b/Doc/libstat.tex
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Time of last modification.
 \end{datadesc}
 
 \begin{datadesc}{ST_CTIME}
-Time of creation.
+Time of last status change (see manual pages for details).
 \end{datadesc}
 
 Example: