diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 888535449..69f6e15dd 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ Acceptable values range from \-1000
 (OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN) to +1000 (OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX).
 This allows user space to control the preference for OOM-killing,
 ranging from always preferring a certain
-task or completely disabling it from OOM killing.
+task or completely disabling it from OOM-killing.
 The lowest possible value, \-1000, is
 equivalent to disabling OOM-killing entirely for that task,
 since it will always report a badness score of 0.