diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
index abc680e7b9b3..329b6502b3a7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ structures each containing the following entries:
 u_int32_t d_fileno;
 u_int16_t d_reclen;
 u_int8_t  d_type;
-u_int8_t  d_namelen;
+u_int8_t  d_namlen;
 char	d_name[MAXNAMELEN + 1];	/* see below */
 .Ed
 .Pp