diff --git a/man2/tee.2 b/man2/tee.2
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--- a/man2/tee.2
+++ b/man2/tee.2
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ copies the data between the two pipes.
 In reality no real data copying takes place though:
 under the covers,
 .BR tee ()
-assigns data in the output by merely grabbing
+assigns data to the output by merely grabbing
 a reference to the input.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 The example below implements a basic