diff --git a/man2/keyctl.2 b/man2/keyctl.2
index a4a9f3984..d23bb6352 100644
--- a/man2/keyctl.2
+++ b/man2/keyctl.2
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ The requested operation wasn't permitted.
 .I operation
 was
 .B KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE
-and there was an error during crypto module initialisation.
+and there was an error during crypto module initialization.
 .TP
 .B EDEADLK
 .I operation