diff --git a/man/man7/fi_lnx.7 b/man/man7/fi_lnx.7
index c3826b3a383..21ebfcbe09a 100644
--- a/man/man7/fi_lnx.7
+++ b/man/man7/fi_lnx.7
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 . ftr VB CB
 . ftr VBI CBI
 .\}
-.TH "fi_lnx" "7" "2024\-12\-10" "Libfabric Programmer\[cq]s Manual" "#VERSION#"
+.TH "fi_lnx" "7" "2024\-12\-11" "Libfabric Programmer\[cq]s Manual" "#VERSION#"
 .hy
 .SH NAME
 .PP
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ variables:
 This environment variable is used to specify which providers to link.
 This must be set in order for the LNX provider to return a list of
 fi_info blocks in the fi_getinfo() call.
-The format which must be used is: ++\&...
+The format which must be used is: <prov1>+<prov2>+\&...
 As mentioned earlier currently LNX supports linking only two providers
 the first of which is SHM followed by one other provider for inter-node
 operations