diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index 13e6ca59b..88c49eb37 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ referring to the inotify object.
 
 .BR inotify_add_watch (2)
 manipulates the "watch list" associated with an inotify object.
-Each item ("watch") in the watch list specifies a pathname of
+Each item ("watch") in the watch list specifies the pathname of
 a file or directory, 
 along with some set of events that the kernel should monitor for the
 file referred to by that pathname.