diff --git a/man2/membarrier.2 b/man2/membarrier.2
index e878301ca..a3b7144c6 100644
--- a/man2/membarrier.2
+++ b/man2/membarrier.2
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ ensure the caller thread, upon return from system call, that all its
 running threads siblings have executed a core serializing instruction.
 This only covers threads from the same process as the caller thread.
 The "expedited" commands complete faster than the non-expedited ones,
-they never block, but have the downside of causing extra overhead. A
-process needs to register its intent to use the private expedited sync
+they never block, but have the downside of causing extra overhead.
+A process needs to register its intent to use the private expedited sync
 core command prior to using it.
 .TP
 .B MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE " (since Linux 4.16)"