diff --git a/util/write-man-symlinks b/util/write-man-symlinks
index 97b72a3840..7db7d2cbe2 100755
--- a/util/write-man-symlinks
+++ b/util/write-man-symlinks
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ my %podinfo = extract_pod_info($podfile);
 for my $name (@{$podinfo{names}}) {
     next if $name eq $mainf;
     if ($action eq "install") {
-        symlink "$targetdir/$manname", "$targetdir/$name.$section";
+        symlink "$manname", "$targetdir/$name.$section";
     } else {
         unlink "$targetdir/$name.$section";
     }