diff --git a/man8/ldconfig.8 b/man8/ldconfig.8
index 8ae0dcfbb..4f799962c 100644
--- a/man8/ldconfig.8
+++ b/man8/ldconfig.8
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ and in the trusted directories,
 and
 .IR /usr/lib
 (on some 64-bit architectures such as x86-64,
-.I lib
+.I /lib
 and
 .IR /usr/lib
 are the trusted directories for 32-bit libraries, while