diff --git a/man2/pidfd_open.2 b/man2/pidfd_open.2
index 3c847f7e1..8c4635508 100644
--- a/man2/pidfd_open.2
+++ b/man2/pidfd_open.2
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ flag.
 .PP
 A PID file descriptor returned by
 .BR pidfd_open ()
-(of by
+(or by
 .BR clone (2)
 with the
 .BR CLONE_PID