diff --git a/man2/readv.2 b/man2/readv.2
index e6d7125b8..3b89860e4 100644
--- a/man2/readv.2
+++ b/man2/readv.2
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ and
 .BR pwritev2 ()
 return the number of bytes written.
 
-Note that is not an error for a successful call to transfer fewer bytes
+Note that it is not an error for a successful call to transfer fewer bytes
 than requested (see
 .BR read (2)
 and