diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/write.2 b/lib/libc/sys/write.2
index f290628b437..bd2fcccee66 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/write.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/write.2
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ An attempt is made to write to a pipe that is not open
 for reading by any process.
 .It Bq Er EPIPE
 An attempt is made to write to a socket of type
-.DV SOCK_STREAM
+.Dv SOCK_STREAM
 that is not connected to a peer socket.
 .It Bq Er EFBIG
 An attempt was made to write a file that exceeds the process's