I admit it's confusing, but I don't think it can be put much more succinctly than the man page makes it. The part where the name of the link itself is called "l

I admit it's confusing, but I don't think it can be put much more succinctly than the man page makes it. The part where the name of the link itself is called "link name" really drives the point home. I definitely refer to ln more than any other man page... Every time I use ln I say "target, link name" in my head.