diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7
index d9341a119..ee57c4a06 100644
--- a/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man7/unix.7
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ by specifying
 as the socket family.
 .TP
 .B SO_PASSCRED
-This socket option enables receipt of the credentials of
+Enabling this socket option causes receipt of the credentials of
 the sending process in an
 .B SCM_CREDENTIALS ancillary
-message in each subsequently message.
+message in each subsequently received message.
 The returned credentials are those specified by the sender using
 .BR SCM_CREDENTIALS ,
 or a default that includes the sender's PID, real user ID, and real group ID,