diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index d0da214a8..96c3deb20 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ relevant trademarks that are sometimes misspelled:
      HP-UX
      UNIX
      UnixWare
-.SS NULL, NUL, null pointer, and null character
+.SS NULL, NUL, null pointer, and null byte
 A
 .IR "null pointer"
 is a pointer that points to nothing,