diff --git a/man3/atexit.3 b/man3/atexit.3
index edf6f74c6..139d90f87 100644
--- a/man3/atexit.3
+++ b/man3/atexit.3
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Functions registered using
 are not called if a process terminates abnormally because
 of the delivery of a signal.
 .PP
-If one of the functions registered functions calls
+If one of the registered functions calls
 .BR _exit (2),
 then any remaining functions are not invoked,
 and the other process termination steps performed by