diff --git a/man2/msgctl.2 b/man2/msgctl.2
index cf4b7d5f6..c5f14f505 100644
--- a/man2/msgctl.2
+++ b/man2/msgctl.2
@@ -328,6 +328,6 @@ SVr4, SVID.  SVID does not document the EIDRM error condition.
 .BR msgget (2),
 .BR msgrcv (2),
 .BR msgsnd (2),
-.BR ipc (5),
 .BR capabilities (7),
+.BR ipc (7),
 .BR mq_overview (7)
diff --git a/man2/msgget.2 b/man2/msgget.2
index c452067dd..8b09b5714 100644
--- a/man2/msgget.2
+++ b/man2/msgget.2
@@ -215,6 +215,6 @@ on a message queue scheduled for deletion.
 .BR msgrcv (2),
 .BR msgsnd (2),
 .BR ftok (3),
-.BR ipc (5),
 .BR capabilities (7),
+.BR ipc (7),
 .BR mq_overview (7)
diff --git a/man2/msgop.2 b/man2/msgop.2
index 22b5129b6..0554514de 100644
--- a/man2/msgop.2
+++ b/man2/msgop.2
@@ -434,6 +434,6 @@ and for the system wide maximum size in bytes of the message pool
 .BR msgget (2),
 .BR msgrcv (2),
 .BR msgsnd (2),
-.BR ipc (5),
 .BR capabilities (7),
+.BR ipc (7),
 .BR mq_overview (7)
diff --git a/man2/semctl.2 b/man2/semctl.2
index 62c2d9099..89e7b65c1 100644
--- a/man2/semctl.2
+++ b/man2/semctl.2
@@ -505,6 +505,6 @@ SVr4, SVID.  SVr4 documents more error conditions EINVAL and EOVERFLOW.
 .BR ipc (2),
 .BR semget (2),
 .BR semop (2),
-.BR ipc (5),
 .BR capabilities (7),
+.BR ipc (7),
 .BR sem_overview (7)
diff --git a/man2/semget.2 b/man2/semget.2
index 8e7dbfc1f..0a8fcf71b 100644
--- a/man2/semget.2
+++ b/man2/semget.2
@@ -270,6 +270,6 @@ ERANGE, EFAULT.
 .BR semctl (2),
 .BR semop (2),
 .BR ftok (3),
-.BR ipc (5),
 .BR capabilities (7),
+.BR ipc (7),
 .BR sem_overview (7)
diff --git a/man2/semop.2 b/man2/semop.2
index 11c171a09..e303b51c4 100644
--- a/man2/semop.2
+++ b/man2/semop.2
@@ -480,6 +480,6 @@ ENOSPC.
 .BR semctl (2),
 .BR semget (2),
 .BR sigaction (2),
-.BR ipc (5),
 .BR capabilities (7),
+.BR ipc (7),
 .BR sem_overview (7)
diff --git a/man2/shmget.2 b/man2/shmget.2
index 9ddd3059e..0f51ea0e0 100644
--- a/man2/shmget.2
+++ b/man2/shmget.2
@@ -282,5 +282,5 @@ is a non-portable Linux extension.
 .BR shmctl (2),
 .BR shmdt (2),
 .BR ftok (3),
-.BR ipc (5),
-.BR capabilities (7)
+.BR capabilities (7),
+.BR ipc (7)
diff --git a/man2/shmop.2 b/man2/shmop.2
index b0228297e..258660074 100644
--- a/man2/shmop.2
+++ b/man2/shmop.2
@@ -287,5 +287,5 @@ prototypes; glibc2 has
 .BR mmap (2),
 .BR shmctl (2),
 .BR shmget (2),
-.BR ipc (5),
-.BR capabilities (7)
+.BR capabilities (7),
+.BR ipc (7)
diff --git a/man3/ftok.3 b/man3/ftok.3
index 4f19d4ac4..dc4832e89 100644
--- a/man3/ftok.3
+++ b/man3/ftok.3
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ and files on
 .BR semget (2),
 .BR shmget (2),
 .BR stat (2),
-.BR ipc (5)
+.BR ipc (7)
diff --git a/man5/ipc.5 b/man5/ipc.5
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26fc72c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man5/ipc.5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.so man7/ipc.7
diff --git a/man7/ipc.7 b/man7/ipc.7
index 82048dc1e..1ecde423d 100644
--- a/man7/ipc.7
+++ b/man7/ipc.7
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" FIXME There is now duplication of some of the information 
 .\" below in semctl.2, msgctl.2, and shmctl.2 -- MTK, Nov 04
-.TH IPC 5 1993-11-01 "Linux 0.99.13" "Linux Programmer's Manual" 
+.TH IPC 7 1993-11-01 "Linux 0.99.13" "Linux Programmer's Manual" 
 .SH NAME
 ipc \- System V interprocess communication mechanisms
 .SH SYNOPSIS