diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
index 342efa53d..d0d6d1af6 100644
--- a/man2/execve.2
+++ b/man2/execve.2
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ starting with a line of the form:
 For details of the latter case, see "Interpreter scripts" below.
 
 \fIargv\fP is an array of argument strings passed to the new program.
-By convention, the first of these strings should contain the filename
-associated with the file being executed.
+By convention, the first of these strings (i.e.,
+.IR argv[0] )
+should contain the filename associated with the file being executed.
 \fIenvp\fP is an array of strings, conventionally of the form
 \fBkey=value\fP, which are passed as environment to the new program.
 Both \fIargv\fP and \fIenvp\fP must be terminated by a null pointer.