diff --git a/man7/ip.7 b/man7/ip.7
index 4561b2fb6..d22ac7081 100644
--- a/man7/ip.7
+++ b/man7/ip.7
@@ -343,10 +343,10 @@ When it is connected to a specific peer with
 .BR connect (2),
 the currently known path MTU can be retrieved conveniently using the
 .B IP_MTU
-socket option (e.g., after a
+socket option (e.g., after an
 .B EMSGSIZE
 error occurred).
-It may change over time.
+The path MTU may change over time.
 For connectionless sockets with many destinations,
 the new MTU for a given destination can also be accessed using the
 error queue (see