diff --git a/man3/strftime.3 b/man3/strftime.3
index d6e6e3407..cea27072c 100644
--- a/man3/strftime.3
+++ b/man3/strftime.3
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ complain about the use of
 .IR "warning: `%c' yields only last 2 digits of year in some locales" .
 Of course programmers are encouraged to use
 .BR %c ,
-it gives the preferred date and time representation.
+as it gives the preferred date and time representation.
 One meets all kinds of strange obfuscations
 to circumvent this
 .BR gcc (1)