diff --git a/man7/pthreads.7 b/man7/pthreads.7
index ec7b12ba3..1cd717324 100644
--- a/man7/pthreads.7
+++ b/man7/pthreads.7
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Threads do not share interval timers.
 Threads do not share a common nice value.
 .IP \- 3
 POSIX.1 distinguishes the notions of signals that are directed
-to the process as a whole and signals are directed to individual
+to the process as a whole and signals that are directed to individual
 threads.
 According to POSIX.1, a process-directed signal (sent using
 .BR kill (2),