diff --git a/man2/chdir.2 b/man2/chdir.2
index 1cc363bcd..049dcbd50 100644
--- a/man2/chdir.2
+++ b/man2/chdir.2
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving
 is too long.
 .TP
 .B ENOENT
-The file does not exist.
+The directory specified in
+.I path
+does not exist.
 .TP
 .B ENOMEM
 Insufficient kernel memory was available.