diff --git a/man2/fanotify_mark.2 b/man2/fanotify_mark.2
index 96347386b..2a931301d 100644
--- a/man2/fanotify_mark.2
+++ b/man2/fanotify_mark.2
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ contains
 .I dirfd
 and
 .I pathname
-must indicate a filesystem object, even though this object is not used.
+must specify a valid filesystem object, even though this object is not used.
 .IP *
 .\" FIXME: Patch is in next-20140424.
 .BR readdir (2)