diff --git a/man2/removexattr.2 b/man2/removexattr.2
index e22f7c260..e8916e03a 100644
--- a/man2/removexattr.2
+++ b/man2/removexattr.2
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ only the extended attribute is removed from the open file referred to by
 in place of
 .IR path .
 .PP
-An extended attribute name is a simple null-terminated string.
+An extended attribute name is a null-terminated string.
 The
 .I name
 includes a namespace prefix; there may be several, disjoint