diff --git a/man2/alarm.2 b/man2/alarm.2
index 6805ae840..1eea89d18 100644
--- a/man2/alarm.2
+++ b/man2/alarm.2
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Alarms created by
 .BR alarm()
 are preserved across
 .BR execve (2)
-not are not inherited by children created via
+and are not inherited by children created via
 .BR fork (2).
 .PP
 .BR sleep (3)