diff --git a/man2/linkat.2 b/man2/linkat.2
index 701d3411b..fd2a91bff 100644
--- a/man2/linkat.2
+++ b/man2/linkat.2
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ except that a relative pathname is interpreted relative
 to the directory referred to by the file descriptor
 .IR newdirfd .
 
-The following values can be biwise ORed in
+The following values can be bitwise ORed in
 .IR flags :
 .TP
 .BR AT_EMPTY_PATH " (since Linux 2.6.39)"