diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index be251f131e0a..0e02b02879f4 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ It may be removed or changed in the near future.
 Set to
 .Dq Li NO
 to disable symlinking of
-.Pa /var/run/named.pid
+.Va named_pidfile
 and
 .Pa /var/run/ndc
 into the