diff --git a/share/man/man8/sticky.8 b/share/man/man8/sticky.8
index cbf886d890e..fdff63e5336 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/sticky.8
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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 A special file mode, called the
 .Em sticky bit
-(mode S_ISVTX),
+(mode S_ISTXT),
 is used to indicate special treatment
 for directories.
 It is ignored for regular files.