diff --git a/man7/symlink.7 b/man7/symlink.7
index 936f2c8a3..d829fa031 100644
--- a/man7/symlink.7
+++ b/man7/symlink.7
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ One can then obtain a file descriptor for the symbolic link
 (rather than the file to which it refers)
 by specifying the
 .B O_PATH
-and
-.BR O_NOFOLLOW
-flags in a subsequent call to
+flag in a subsequent call to
 .BR open_by_handle_at (2).
 Again, that file descriptor can be used in the
 aforementioned system calls to operate on the symbolic link itself.