diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index 3f19e9131..f7c8813f8 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ as described above in
 .\"
 .\"	LD_PRELOAD='$LIB/libmod.so' LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./prog
 .\"
-.\" which will reload the libmod.so in 'lib' or 'lib64', using it
+.\" which will preload the libmod.so in 'lib' or 'lib64', using it
 .\" in preference to the version in '.'.
 .TP
 .BR LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS