diff --git a/man2/epoll_ctl.2 b/man2/epoll_ctl.2
index 587f6af1c..6221c0ed8 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_ctl.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_ctl.2
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ or
 .BR EPOLL_CTL_DEL ,
 and
 .I fd
-is not registered on with this epoll instance.
+is not registered with this epoll instance.
 .TP
 .B ENOMEM
 There was insufficient memory to handle the requested