diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index f1da66e5d..f0db3bf32 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ By default, a child process is placed in the same version 2
 cgroup as its parent.
 The
 .B CLONE_INTO_CGROUP
-allows the child process to be created in a different version 2 cgroup.
+flag allows the child process to be created in a different version 2 cgroup.
 (Note that
 .BR CLONE_INTO_CGROUP
 has effect only for version 2 cgroups.)
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ in
 and passes a file descriptor that refers to a version 2 cgroup in the
 .I cl_args.cgroup
 field.
-(This file descriptor can be obtained by opening a cgroup v2 directory file
+(This file descriptor can be obtained by opening a cgroup v2 directory
 using either the
 .B O_RDONLY
 or the