diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2
index 02a62a255..44bf3d1cb 100644
--- a/man2/open.2
+++ b/man2/open.2
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ a flag of the same name, but without alignment restrictions.
 .B O_DIRECT
 support was added under Linux in kernel version 2.4.10.
 Older Linux kernels simply ignore this flag.
-Some filesystems may not implement the flagC, in which case
+Some filesystems may not implement the flag, in which case
 .BR open ()
 fails with the error
 .B EINVAL