diff --git a/man7/ftm.7 b/man7/ftm.7
index f3991e8cf..52086226c 100644
--- a/man7/ftm.7
+++ b/man7/ftm.7
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ In addition, various GNU-specific extensions are also exposed.
 .PP
 When
 .BR gcc (1)
-is invoked, then the following macros are defined by default:
+is invoked, the following macros are defined by default:
 .BR _BSD_SOURCE ,
 .BR _SVID_SOURCE ,
 .BR _POSIX_SOURCE ,