diff --git a/man3/termios.3 b/man3/termios.3
index f888c15d7..9b7763a9c 100644
--- a/man3/termios.3
+++ b/man3/termios.3
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ which must be specified as one of the
 .BI B nnn
 constants listed above for
 .BR cfsetospeed ().
-If the input baud rate is set to literal constant
+If the input baud rate is set to the literal constant
 .B 0
 (not the symbolic constant
 .BR B0 ),