diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index 7589f2d54..2533b45e6 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ A signal may be process-directed or thread-directed.
 A process-directed signal is targeted at a thread group (i.e., a TGID),
 and is delivered to an arbitrarily selected thread from among those
 that are not blocking the signal.
-A signal may be process directed because it is was generated by the kernel
+A signal may be process directed because it was generated by the kernel
 for reasons other than a hardware exception, or because it was sent using
 .BR kill (2)
 or