diff --git a/man7/ip.7 b/man7/ip.7
index d7481e242..b988094e9 100644
--- a/man7/ip.7
+++ b/man7/ip.7
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ should be assigned one of the
 .BR INADDR_*
 values
 (e.g.,
-.BR INADDR_ANY )
+.BR INADDR_LOOPBACK )
 using
 .BR htonl (3)
 or set using the