diff --git a/man2/msgctl.2 b/man2/msgctl.2
index 328436e83..77f802ad4 100644
--- a/man2/msgctl.2
+++ b/man2/msgctl.2
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ The third argument to
 is ignored in this case.
 .TP
 .BR IPC_INFO " (Linux-specific)"
-Returns information about system-wide message queue limits and
+Return information about system-wide message queue limits and
 parameters in the structure pointed to by
 .IR buf .
 This structure is of type
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ files of the same name; see
 for details.
 .TP
 .BR MSG_INFO " (Linux-specific)"
-Returns a
+Return a
 .I msginfo
 structure containing the same information as for
 .BR IPC_INFO ,
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ field returns the total number of bytes in all messages
 in all queues on the system.
 .TP
 .BR MSG_STAT " (Linux-specific)"
-Returns a
+Return a
 .I msqid_ds
 structure as for
 .BR IPC_STAT .