diff --git a/man2/sendfile.2 b/man2/sendfile.2
index 878c1edef..8f448a8b7 100644
--- a/man2/sendfile.2
+++ b/man2/sendfile.2
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Insufficient memory to read from
 .IR in_fd .
 .SH VERSIONS
 .BR sendfile ()
-ifirst appeared in Linux 2.2.
+first appeared in Linux 2.2.
 The include file
 .I <sys/sendfile.h>
 is present since glibc 2.1.