diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
index 28c728996..c79069dd4 100644
--- a/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ in
 .B ENFILE
 The system-wide limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
 See
-.I /proc/sys/fs/file-max
+.I /proc/sys/fs/file\-max
 in
 .BR proc (5).
 .TP