diff --git a/man2/sched_setaffinity.2 b/man2/sched_setaffinity.2
index c37afd605..5297dc6d7 100644
--- a/man2/sched_setaffinity.2
+++ b/man2/sched_setaffinity.2
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ by dedicating one CPU to a particular process
 (i.e., setting the affinity mask of that process to specify a single CPU,
 and setting the affinity mask of all other processes to exclude that CPU),
 it is possible to ensure maximum execution speed for that process.
-Restricting a process to run on a single CPU also prevents
+Restricting a process to run on a single CPU also avoids
 the performance cost caused by the cache invalidation that occurs
 when a process ceases to execute on one CPU and then
 recommences execution on a different CPU.