diff --git a/man8/ldconfig.8 b/man8/ldconfig.8
index c103279ba..a0ce2fdcd 100644
--- a/man8/ldconfig.8
+++ b/man8/ldconfig.8
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ will only look at files that are named
 .I lib*.so*
 (for regular shared objects) or
 .I ld-*.so*
-(for the dynamic loader itsef).
+(for the dynamic loader itself).
 Other files will be ignored.
 Also,
 .B ldconfig