diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index c3c3ad798..d3ba0851b 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ is ignored for set-user-ID/set-group-ID binaries.
 .B LD_VERBOSE
 (glibc since 2.1)
 If set to nonempty string, output symbol versioning information about the
-program if querying information about the program (ie. either
+program if querying information about the program (i.e. either
 .B LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
 has been set, or
 .B \-\-list