diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
index e9c90898e..1aa08c16c 100644
--- a/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ Listening for events stopped.
 
 /* Read all available fanotify events from the file descriptor 'fd' */
 
-void
+static void
 handle_events(int fd)
 {
     const struct fanotify_event_metadata *metadata;