diff --git a/man7/symlink.7 b/man7/symlink.7
index 143ecba31..d276a9a8d 100644
--- a/man7/symlink.7
+++ b/man7/symlink.7
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ For example, if there were a symbolic link
 which pointed to a file named
 .IR afile ,
 the system call
-.I "open("slink" ...\&)"
+.I "open(""slink"" ...\&)"
 would return a file descriptor referring to the file
 .IR afile .