diff --git a/man2/setxattr.2 b/man2/setxattr.2
index 7d1cb9316..85de6fe74 100644
--- a/man2/setxattr.2
+++ b/man2/setxattr.2
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ only the extended attribute is set on the open file referred to by
 in place of
 .IR path .
 .PP
-An extended attribute name is a simple null-terminated string.
+An extended attribute name is a null-terminated string.
 The
 .I name
 includes a namespace prefix; there may be several, disjoint