diff --git a/man2/inotify_init.2 b/man2/inotify_init.2
index 57e7da3dc..5885307c8 100644
--- a/man2/inotify_init.2
+++ b/man2/inotify_init.2
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ to achieve the same result.
 .TP
 .B IN_CLOEXEC
 Set the close-on-exec
-.RB ( O_CLOEXEC)
+.RB ( FD_CLOEXEC)
 flag on the new file descriptor.
 See the description of the 
 .B O_CLOEXEC