diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_READLINK.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_READLINK.9
index 8d364da09275..08d847afb60a 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_READLINK.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_READLINK.9
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ This reads the target pathname of a symbolic link
 the vnode of the symlink
 .It Ar uio
 the location of the data to be read or written
-.It Ar cnp
+.It Ar cred
 the credentials of the caller
 .El
 .Sh LOCKS