diff --git a/man7/math_error.7 b/man7/math_error.7
index 1f6fb519a..ca95cbdc8 100644
--- a/man7/math_error.7
+++ b/man7/math_error.7
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ The
 .I math_errhandling
 identifier specified by C99 and POSIX.1-2001 is not supported by glibc.
 .\" See CONFORMANCE in the glibc 2.8 (and earlier) source.
-This identifer is supposed to indicate which of the two
+This identifier is supposed to indicate which of the two
 error-notification mechanisms
 .RI ( errno ,
 exceptions retrievable via