diff --git a/man3/dlopen.3 b/man3/dlopen.3
index 2f01451db..408987688 100644
--- a/man3/dlopen.3
+++ b/man3/dlopen.3
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ One of the following two values must be included in
 .TP
 .B RTLD_LAZY
 Perform lazy binding.
-Only resolve symbols as the code that references them is executed.
+Resolve symbols only as the code that references them is executed.
 If the symbol is never referenced, then it is never resolved.
 (Lazy binding is performed only for function references;
 references to variables are always immediately bound when