diff --git a/man7/sem_overview.7 b/man7/sem_overview.7
index 312e4bdaa..ff14ec752 100644
--- a/man7/sem_overview.7
+++ b/man7/sem_overview.7
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ is shared between multiple threads (a
 or processes (a
 .IR "process-shared semaphore" ).
 A thread-shared semaphore is placed in an area of memory shared
-between by the threads of a process, for example, a global variable.
+between the threads of a process, for example, a global variable.
 A process-shared semaphore must be placed in a shared memory region
 (e.g., a System V shared memory segment created using
 .BR shmget (2),