diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7
index ba9ec06a5..ff673713d 100644
--- a/man7/epoll.7
+++ b/man7/epoll.7
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ for (;;) {
             ev.data.fd = conn_sock;
             if (epoll_ctl(epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, conn_sock,
                         &ev) == \-1) {
-                perror("epoll_ctl: conn_sock);
+                perror("epoll_ctl: conn_sock");
                 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
             }
         } else {