diff --git a/man2/mmap.2 b/man2/mmap.2
index 132a5b14f..f34b751f4 100644
--- a/man2/mmap.2
+++ b/man2/mmap.2
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ at which point touching the "guard" page will result in a
 signal.
 .TP
 .BR MAP_HUGETLB " (since Linux 2.6.32)"
-Allocate the mapping using "huge pages."
+Allocate the mapping using "huge" pages.
 See the Linux kernel source file
 .I Documentation/admin\-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
 for further information, as well as NOTES, below.