diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7
index d27f52f4b..da3150f40 100644
--- a/man7/namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/namespaces.7
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ This file is a handle for the PID namespace of the process.
 This file is a handle for the user namespace of the process.
 .TP
 .IR /proc/[pid]/ns/uts " (since Linux 3.0)"
-This file is a handle for the IPC namespace of the process.
+This file is a handle for the UTS namespace of the process.
 .\"
 .\" ==================== IPC namespaces ====================
 .\"