diff --git a/man2/fsync.2 b/man2/fsync.2
index 1e0ca4dfe..f36941e54 100644
--- a/man2/fsync.2
+++ b/man2/fsync.2
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ and so has no performance advantage.
 The
 .BR fsync ()
 implementations in older kernels and lesser used filesystems
-does not know how to flush disk caches.
+do not know how to flush disk caches.
 In these cases disk caches need to be disabled using
 .BR hdparm (8)
 or