diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2
index 9d13bb425..7cbf088a3 100644
--- a/man2/stat.2
+++ b/man2/stat.2
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ not the file that it refers to.
 .BR fstat ()
 is identical to
 .BR stat (),
-except that the file about which informat is to be retrieved
+except that the file about which information is to be retrieved
 is specified by the file descriptor
 .IR fd .
 .PP