diff --git a/man4/initrd.4 b/man4/initrd.4
index 05e04607d..99399a554 100644
--- a/man4/initrd.4
+++ b/man4/initrd.4
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 .SH NAME
 initrd \- boot loader initialized RAM disk
 .SH CONFIGURATION
-The
 .I /dev/initrd
 is a read-only block device assigned
 major number 1 and minor number 250.