diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 5a34604f0..61842e2a5 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ mark the file as having an error condition.
 .TP
 .IR /proc/[pid]/mountstats " (since Linux 2.6.17)"
 This file exports information (statistics, configuration information)
-about the mount points in the process's name space.
+about the mount points in the process's mount namespace.
 Lines in this file have the form:
 .nf