diff --git a/man7/ip.7 b/man7/ip.7
index 2f18015af..94b551997 100644
--- a/man7/ip.7
+++ b/man7/ip.7
@@ -1006,17 +1006,17 @@ the port number in a socket address is specified as 0 when calling
 is called on a stream socket that was not previously bound;
 .IP *
 .BR connect (2)
-was called on a socket that was not not previously bound;
+was called on a socket that was not previously bound;
 .IP *
 .BR sendto (2)
-is called on a datagram socket that was not not previously bound.
+is called on a datagram socket that was not previously bound.
 .RE
 .IP
 Allocation of ephemeral ports starts with the first number in
 .IR ip_local_port_range
 and ends with the second number.
 If the range of ephemeral ports is exhausted,
-then the relevant system call returns an error (but see BUGS)
+then the relevant system call returns an error (but see BUGS).
 .IP
 Note that the port range in
 .IR ip_local_port_range