diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7
index db7bf5fc3..12b66ac0f 100644
--- a/man7/capabilities.7
+++ b/man7/capabilities.7
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ file capabilities confers capabilities to a process during
 However, capabilities are conferred only if the binary is executed by
 a process that resides in a user namespace whose
 UID 0 maps to the root user ID that is saved in the extended attribute,
-or when executed by a process that resides in descendant of such a namespace.
+or when executed by a process that resides in a descendant of such a namespace.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 .PP
 No standards govern capabilities, but the Linux capability implementation