diff --git a/man2/io_cancel.2 b/man2/io_cancel.2
index 7742b3b4a..c9d7a0ad8 100644
--- a/man2/io_cancel.2
+++ b/man2/io_cancel.2
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ io_cancel \- cancel an outstanding asynchronous I/O operation
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .PP
 .BR io_cancel ()
-attempts to cancel an asynchronous I/O operation
-previously submitted with the \fBio_submit\fR system call.
+attempts to cancel an asynchronous I/O operation previously submitted with
+.BR io_submit (2).
 \fIctx_id\fR is the AIO context ID of the operation to be cancelled.
 If the AIO context is found, the event will be cancelled and then copied
 into the memory pointed to by \fIresult\fR without being placed