diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index eab8e82e4..e00fd32ae 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ DT_RUNPATH dynamic section attribute
 of the binary if present.
 .IP o
 From the cache file
-.I /etc/ld.so.cache
+.IR /etc/ld.so.cache ,
 which contains a compiled list of candidate libraries previously found
 in the augmented library path.
 If, however, the binary was linked with the