diff --git a/man2/syscall.2 b/man2/syscall.2
index 53ab40efa..d72465146 100644
--- a/man2/syscall.2
+++ b/man2/syscall.2
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ alpha	callsys	v0	v0	a4	a3	1, 6
 arc	trap0	r8	r0	-	-
 arm/OABI	swi NR	-	r0	-	-	2
 arm/EABI	swi 0x0	r7	r0	r1	-
-arm64	svc #0	x8	x0	x1	-
+arm64	svc #0	w8	x0	x1	-
 blackfin	excpt 0x0	P0	R0	-	-
 i386	int $0x80	eax	eax	edx	-
 ia64	break 0x100000	r15	r8	r9	r10	1, 6