diff --git a/man3/pow.3 b/man3/pow.3
index d7f72b25b..87b963dd0 100644
--- a/man3/pow.3
+++ b/man3/pow.3
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ Before glibc 2.28,
 .\" https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13932
 on some architectures (e.g., x86-64)
 .BR pow ()
-may be more than 10,000 times slower for some (rare) inputs
+may be more than 10,000 times slower for some inputs
 than for other nearby inputs.
 This affects only
 .BR pow (),