diff --git a/man2/getunwind.2 b/man2/getunwind.2
index ba113af94..1cfcf5782 100644
--- a/man2/getunwind.2
+++ b/man2/getunwind.2
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ The unwind table contains entries of the following form:
 .fi
 
 An entry whose
-.I sytart
+.I start
 value is zero indicates the end of the table.
 For more information about the format, see the
 .I IA-64 Software Conventions and Runtime Architecture