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diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/reallocarray.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/reallocarray.3
index 80035c67a497..9a2ab5c7a840 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/reallocarray.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/reallocarray.3
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 1, 2015
+.Dd October 2, 2025
.Dt REALLOCARRAY 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
.In stdlib.h
.Ft void *
.Fn reallocarray "void *ptr" "size_t nmemb" "size_t size"
+.Ft void *
+.Fn recallocarray "void *ptr" "size_t oldnmeb" "size_t nmemb" size_t size"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn reallocarray
@@ -52,6 +54,33 @@ and checks for integer overflow in the calculation
.Fa nmemb
*
.Fa size .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn recallocarray
+function is similar to the
+.Fn reallocarray
+function
+except it ensures newly allocated memory is cleared similar to
+.Fn calloc .
+If
+.Fa ptr
+is
+.Dv NULL ,
+.Fa oldnmemb
+is ignored and the call is equivalent to
+.Fn calloc .
+If
+.Fa ptr
+is not
+.Dv NULL ,
+.Fa oldnmemb
+must be a value such that
+.Fa oldnmemb
+*
+.Fa size
+is the size of the earlier allocation that returned
+.Fa ptr ,
+otherwise the behaviour is undefined.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn reallocarray
@@ -142,3 +171,9 @@ function first appeared in
.Ox 5.6
and
.Fx 11.0 .
+The
+.Fn recallocarray
+function first appeared in
+.Ox 6.1
+and
+.Fx 16.0 .