diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index e1ac87b1b..4062727fc 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ stack-smashing attack.
 .TP
 .B LD_PROFILE
 (glibc since 2.1)
-Shared object to be profiled,
+The name of a (single) shared object to be profiled,
 specified either as a pathname or a soname.
 Profiling output is appended to the file whose name is:
 "\fI$LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT\fP/\fI$LD_PROFILE\fP.profile".