diff --git a/man2/perfmonctl.2 b/man2/perfmonctl.2
index 6207108a7..c942defb2 100644
--- a/man2/perfmonctl.2
+++ b/man2/perfmonctl.2
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Reset PMC registers to default values.
 .\" .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS, pfarg_setinfo_t *info, n);
 .\" .fi
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-.BR performctl ()
+.BR perfmonctl ()
 returns zero when the operation is successful.
 On error, \-1 is returned and
 .I errno