diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 1fbc37547..5d43ed7cd 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ pages.
 Use of "they" ("them", "themself", "their") as a gender-neutral singular
 pronoun is acceptable.
 .\"
-.SS Formatting conventions for manual pages describing functions
+.SS Formatting conventions for manual pages describing commands
 .PP
-For manual pages that describe command (typically in Sections 1 and 8),
+For manual pages that describe a command (typically in Sections 1 and 8),
 the arguments are always specified using italics,
 .IR "even in the SYNOPSIS section" .