diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2
index 68ad41539..6169872a2 100644
--- a/man2/fcntl.2
+++ b/man2/fcntl.2
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ operation to set the
 .B FD_CLOEXEC
 flag.
 For an explanation of why this flag is useful,
-see the explanation of
+see the description of
 .B O_CLOEXEC
 in
 .BR open (2).