diff --git a/man7/symlink.7 b/man7/symlink.7
index ef15cea5e..c13adc7b5 100644
--- a/man7/symlink.7
+++ b/man7/symlink.7
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ and may not refer to files on different filesystems
 (because i-node numbers are not unique across filesystems).
 
 A symbolic link is a special type of file whose contents are a string
-that is the pathname another file, the file to which the link refers.
+that is the pathname of another file, the file to which the link refers.
 In other words, a symbolic link is a pointer to another name,
 and not to an underlying object.
 For this reason, symbolic links may refer to directories and may cross