diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5
index 3a0275745..6cc489890 100644
--- a/man5/elf.5
+++ b/man5/elf.5
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ which holds character representations of the symbol names.
 If the value
 is nonzero, it represents a string table index that gives the symbol
 name.
-Otherwise, the symbol table has no name.
+Otherwise, the symbol has no name.
 .TP
 .IR st_value
 This member gives the value of the associated symbol.