diff --git a/man2/rename.2 b/man2/rename.2
index 04a183d84..dfde1ce6d 100644
--- a/man2/rename.2
+++ b/man2/rename.2
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ and the process is not privileged
 .B CAP_FOWNER
 capability);
 or the filesystem containing
-.I pathname
+.I oldpath
 does not support renaming of the type requested.
 .TP
 .B EROFS