diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2 b/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2
index d8c925084503..8bb9967db1e5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ A component of the
 .Fa name2
 prefix is not a directory.
 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
-A component of either pathname exceeded 255 characters,
+A component of the
+.Fa name2
+pathname exceeded 255 characters,
 or the entire length of either path name exceeded 1023 characters.
 .It Bq Er ENOENT
 The named file does not exist.