diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index 39cec4c86..8b70b78a4 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -1501,9 +1501,9 @@ mask.
 is greater than the number of nested PID namespaces.
 .TP
 .BR EINVAL " (" clone3 "() only)"
-If one of the PIDs specified in
+One of the PIDs specified in
 .I set_tid
-was an invalid PID.
+was an invalid.
 .TP
 .BR EINVAL " (AArch64 only, Linux 4.6 and earlier)"
 .I stack