diff --git a/man/man8/ip-rule.8 b/man/man8/ip-rule.8
index 1774ae3e..3508d809 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-rule.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip-rule.8
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Each policy routing rule consists of a
 .B selector
 and an
 .B action predicate.
-The RPDB is scanned in order of decreasing priority. The selector
+The RPDB is scanned in order of increasing priority. The selector
 of each rule is applied to {source address, destination address, incoming
 interface, tos, fwmark} and, if the selector matches the packet,
 the action is performed. The action predicate may return with success.