diff --git a/man3/wordexp.3 b/man3/wordexp.3
index d4422ea96..4a30b32e0 100644
--- a/man3/wordexp.3
+++ b/man3/wordexp.3
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ of the parameters to a command, the string
 .I s
 must not contain characters that would be illegal in shell command
 parameters.
-In particular, there must not be any non-escaped
+In particular, there must not be any unescaped
 newline or |, &, ;, <, >, (, ), {, } characters
 outside a command substitution or parameter substitution context.
 .LP