diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index e00fd32ae..f0ecde564 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ and still find their own shared libraries.
 .\" it appears.
 .\"
 .\" There is also $PLATFORM.  This is a kind of wildcard
-.\" of directories related at AT_HWCAP.  To get an idea of the
+.\" of directories related to AT_PLATFORM.  To get an idea of the
 .\" places that $PLATFORM would match, look at the output of the
 .\" following:
 .\"