diff --git a/man2/gettid.2 b/man2/gettid.2
index d96f8a87d..b322f7513 100644
--- a/man2/gettid.2
+++ b/man2/gettid.2
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ flag (or, equivalently, a new process created by
 .BR fork (2)),
 the new process is a thread group leader,
 and its thread group ID (the value returned by
-.BR gettid (2))
+.BR getpid (2))
 is the same as its thread ID (the value returned by
 .BR gettid ()).
 .SH SEE ALSO