diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7
index 3e5fb3d29..6b3cbe5a3 100644
--- a/man7/epoll.7
+++ b/man7/epoll.7
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ When and how you will use the file descriptor is entirely up to you.
 .sp
 For packet/token-oriented files (e.g., datagram socket,
 terminal in canonical mode),
-the only way to detect the end of the read/write I/O space.
+the only way to detect the end of the read/write I/O space
 is to continue to read/write until
 .BR EAGAIN .
 .sp