diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7
index d35c2d383..0ac32c77e 100644
--- a/man7/namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/namespaces.7
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ If the
 .I flags
 argument of the call specifies one or more of the
 .B CLONE_NEW*
-flags listed below, then new namespaces are created for each flag,
+flags listed above, then new namespaces are created for each flag,
 and the child process is made a member of those namespaces.
 (This system call also implements a number of features
 unrelated to namespaces.)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ If the
 .I flags
 argument of the call specifies one or more of the
 .B CLONE_NEW*
-flags listed below, then new namespaces are created for each flag,
+flags listed above, then new namespaces are created for each flag,
 and the calling process is made a member of those namespaces.
 (This system call also implements a number of features
 unrelated to namespaces.)