diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2
index ef3be6a95..3b95c5172 100644
--- a/man2/stat.2
+++ b/man2/stat.2
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ is identical to
 except that if
 .I pathname
 is a symbolic link, then it returns information about the link itself,
-not the file that it refers to.
+not the file that the link refers to.
 .PP
 .BR fstat ()
 is identical to