diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2
index e673a12a9..a3470cf11 100644
--- a/man2/recv.2
+++ b/man2/recv.2
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ The caller should set
 .I msg_namelen
 to the size of this buffer before this call;
 upon return from a successful call,
-.I msg_name
+.I msg_namelen
 will contain the length of the returned address.
 If the application does not need to know the source address,
 .I msg_name