diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2 b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
index 84e9537b0d7e..675f9b8ce6f4 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/execve.2
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
 or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
 When invoking an interpreted script, the interpreter name
-exceeds MAXSHELLCMDLEN characters.
+exceeds
+.Dv MAXSHELLCMDLEN
+characters.
 .It Bq Er ENOENT
 The new process file does not exist.
 .It Bq Er ELOOP