diff --git a/man7/mount_namespaces.7 b/man7/mount_namespaces.7
index 67123a57c..1096cd130 100644
--- a/man7/mount_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/mount_namespaces.7
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ A new peer group is also created when a child mount is created under
 an existing mount that is marked as shared.
 In this case, the new child mount is also marked as shared and
 the resulting peer group consists of all the mounts
-that are replicated under the peers of parent mount.
+that are replicated under the peers of parent mounts.
 .PP
 A mount ceases to be a member of a peer group when either
 the mount is explicitly unmounted,