diff --git a/man2/signal.2 b/man2/signal.2
index 3d254eada..f16e6b5a3 100644
--- a/man2/signal.2
+++ b/man2/signal.2
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ signal \- ANSI C signal handling
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR WARNING :
- the behavior of
+the behavior of
 .BR signal ()
 varies across UNIX versions,
 and has also varied historically across different versions of Linux.