diff --git a/man2/accept.2 b/man2/accept.2
index f639551eb..48311cba7 100644
--- a/man2/accept.2
+++ b/man2/accept.2
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ and treat
 them like
 .B EAGAIN
 by retrying.
-In case of TCP/IP these are
+In the case of TCP/IP, these are
 .BR ENETDOWN ,
 .BR EPROTO ,
 .BR ENOPROTOOPT ,