diff --git a/man7/mount_namespaces.7 b/man7/mount_namespaces.7
index 826faf00a..67123a57c 100644
--- a/man7/mount_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/mount_namespaces.7
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ the shared subtree feature was introduced in Linux 2.6.15.
 This feature allows for automatic, controlled propagation of mount and unmount
 .I events
 between namespaces
-(or, more precisely, between the members of a
+(or, more precisely, between the mounts that are members of a
 .IR "peer group"
 that are propagating events to one another).
 .PP