diff --git a/man2/nanosleep.2 b/man2/nanosleep.2
index 42ecf1975..1535df396 100644
--- a/man2/nanosleep.2
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"     Minor rewrites of some parts.
 .\"     NOTES: describe case where clock_nanosleep() can be preferable.
 .\"     NOTES: describe CLOCK_REALTIME versus CLOCK_NANOSLEEP
-.\"     Replace cruft discussion of HZ with a pointer tom time(7).
+.\"     Replace crufty discussion of HZ with a pointer to time(7).
 .TH NANOSLEEP 2 2008-06-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 nanosleep \- high-resolution sleep