diff --git a/man2/shmget.2 b/man2/shmget.2
index cdb2d3bee4b5..4bc18bedf3a9 100644
--- a/man2/shmget.2
+++ b/man2/shmget.2
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ for a discussion of why this default value (rather than
 is used.
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 From Linux 2.2 up to Linux 3.15, the default value of
-this limit was 0x2000000 (32\ MB).
+this limit was 0x2000000 (32\ MiB).
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 Because it is not possible to map just part of a shared memory segment,
 the amount of virtual memory places another limit on the maximum size of a