diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index 803c931cf..d690923d7 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct inotify_event {
 .\" I submitted a patch to fix this.  See the LKML thread
 .\" "[patch] Fix type errors in inotify interfaces", 18 Nov 2008
 .\" Glibc bug filed: http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7040
-    uint32_t mask;     /* Mask of events */
+    uint32_t mask;     /* Mask describing event */
     uint32_t cookie;   /* Unique cookie associating related
                           events (for rename(2)) */
     uint32_t len;      /* Size of \fIname\fP field */