diff --git a/man2/getrlimit.2 b/man2/getrlimit.2
index 2ee56ae24..dd99bb2f8 100644
--- a/man2/getrlimit.2
+++ b/man2/getrlimit.2
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ The actual ceiling for the nice value is calculated as
 The useful range for this limit is thus from 1
 (corresponding to a nice value of 19) to 40
 (corresponding to a nice value of -20).
-This unusual choice of range is was necessary
+This unusual choice of range was necessary
 because negative numbers cannot be specified
 as resource limit values, since they typically have special meanings.
 For example,