diff --git a/man2/chmod.2 b/man2/chmod.2
index fc0771742..4f5581984 100644
--- a/man2/chmod.2
+++ b/man2/chmod.2
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ On some filesystems, only the superuser can set the sticky bit,
 which may have a special meaning.
 For the sticky bit, and for set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on
 directories, see
-.BR stat (2).
+.BR inode (7).
 
 On NFS filesystems, restricting the permissions will immediately influence
 already open files, because the access control is done on the server, but
@@ -371,5 +371,6 @@ argument.
 .BR execve (2),
 .BR open (2),
 .BR stat (2),
+.BR inode (7),
 .BR path_resolution (7),
 .BR symlink (7)
diff --git a/man2/fsync.2 b/man2/fsync.2
index f42204b5e..7026d6b76 100644
--- a/man2/fsync.2
+++ b/man2/fsync.2
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ was rebooted.
 This includes writing through or flushing a disk cache if present.
 The call blocks until the device reports that the transfer has completed.
 It also flushes metadata information associated with the file (see
-.BR stat (2)).
+.BR inode (7)).
 
 Calling
 .BR fsync ()
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ or
 .I st_mtime
 (respectively, time of last access and
 time of last modification; see
-.BR stat (2))
+.BR inode (7))
 do not require flushing because they are not necessary for
 a subsequent data read to be handled correctly.
 On the other hand, a change to the file size
diff --git a/man2/mkdir.2 b/man2/mkdir.2
index afffa1e7e..dfb0343ee 100644
--- a/man2/mkdir.2
+++ b/man2/mkdir.2
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ attempts to create a directory named
 The argument
 .I mode
 specifies the mode for the new directory (see
-.BR stat (2)).
+.BR inode (7)).
 It is modified by the process's
 .I umask
 in the usual way: in the absence of a default ACL, the mode of the
diff --git a/man2/mknod.2 b/man2/mknod.2
index c6d3d5a3a..c15014faa 100644
--- a/man2/mknod.2
+++ b/man2/mknod.2
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ argument specifies both the file mode to use and the type of node
 to be created.
 It should be a combination (using bitwise OR) of one of the file types
 listed below and zero or more of the file mode bits listed in
-.BR stat (2).
+.BR inode (7).
 
 The file mode is modified by the process's
 .I umask
diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2
index 20fe81089..e49543ac0 100644
--- a/man2/open.2
+++ b/man2/open.2
@@ -350,11 +350,11 @@ On Linux, the following bits are also honored in
 .TP
 .B S_ISGID
 0002000 set-group-ID bit (see
-.BR stat (2))
+.BR inode (7)).
 .TP
 .B S_ISVTX
 0001000 sticky bit (see
-.BR stat (2))
+.BR inode (7)).
 .RE
 .TP
 .BR O_DIRECT " (since Linux 2.4.10)"
diff --git a/man2/truncate.2 b/man2/truncate.2
index 2477df9af..d78cdf0a7 100644
--- a/man2/truncate.2
+++ b/man2/truncate.2
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ The file offset is not changed.
 If the size changed, then the st_ctime and st_mtime fields
 (respectively, time of last status change and
 time of last modification; see
-.BR stat (2))
+.BR inode (7))
 for the file are updated,
 and the set-user-ID and set-group-ID mode bits may be cleared.
 .LP
diff --git a/man2/umask.2 b/man2/umask.2
index 8f54540d3..bbe6ca22c 100644
--- a/man2/umask.2
+++ b/man2/umask.2
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ argument of 0666 (rw-rw-rw-), the resulting file permissions would be 0644
 
 The constants that should be used to specify
 .I mask
-are described under
-.BR stat (2).
+are described in
+.BR inode (7).
 
 The typical default value for the process umask is
 .I S_IWGRP\ |\ S_IWOTH
diff --git a/man2/utime.2 b/man2/utime.2
index a5db4e3a6..75db00917 100644
--- a/man2/utime.2
+++ b/man2/utime.2
@@ -189,4 +189,5 @@ on an append-only file.
 .BR stat (2),
 .BR utimensat (2),
 .BR futimens (3),
-.BR futimes (3)
+.BR futimes (3),
+.BR inode (7)
diff --git a/man2/utimensat.2 b/man2/utimensat.2
index ea188596b..b1e194b10 100644
--- a/man2/utimensat.2
+++ b/man2/utimensat.2
@@ -639,5 +639,6 @@ instead checks whether the
 .BR stat (2),
 .BR utimes (2),
 .BR futimes (3),
+.BR inode (7),
 .BR path_resolution (7),
 .BR symlink (7)