diff --git a/man7/locale.7 b/man7/locale.7
index 824f5630d..6ce2b99d8 100644
--- a/man7/locale.7
+++ b/man7/locale.7
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ to set the current locale, and
 .BR localeconv (3)
 to get information about number formatting.
 .PP
-There are different categories for local information a program might
+There are different categories for locale information a program might
 need; they are declared as macros.
 Using them as the first argument
 to the