diff --git a/man2/ptrace.2 b/man2/ptrace.2
index 38c4ebd9c..692dc6901 100644
--- a/man2/ptrace.2
+++ b/man2/ptrace.2
@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ might not entirely match with the definition of
 .\" See http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/5/8/375
 .LP
 The size of a "word" is determined by the operating-system variant
-(e.g., for 32-bit Linux it is 32 bits, etc.).
+(e.g., for 32-bit Linux it is 32 bits).
 .LP
 This page documents the way the
 .BR ptrace ()