diff --git a/man2/nice.2 b/man2/nice.2
index 317d39c06..20bab74e7 100644
--- a/man2/nice.2
+++ b/man2/nice.2
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ _XOPEN_SOURCE
 adds
 .I inc
 to the nice value for the calling thread.
-(A higher nice value means a low priority.)
+(A higher nice value means a lower priority.)
 .PP
 The range of the nice value is +19 (low priority) to \-20 (high priority).
 Attempts to set a nice value outside the range are clamped to the range.