diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index 59ea38bc6..d8257f980 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ that intend to brute-force flood the network\(emfor example,
 to test devices under load in a similar
 fashion to pktgen\(emthis layer can be bypassed by setting
 this integer option to 1.
-A side-effect is that packet buffering in the qdisc layer is avoided,
+A side effect is that packet buffering in the qdisc layer is avoided,
 which will lead to increased drops when network
 device transmit queues are busy;
 therefore, use at your own risk.