diff --git a/man2/select.2 b/man2/select.2
index d0bf61b3e..d061c2475 100644
--- a/man2/select.2
+++ b/man2/select.2
@@ -680,12 +680,12 @@ Modern versions of glibc use the (race-free)
 .BR pselect ()
 system call on kernels where it is provided.
 .PP
-Under Linux,
+On Linux,
 .BR select ()
 may report a socket file descriptor as "ready for reading", while
 nevertheless a subsequent read blocks.
 This could for example
-happen when data has arrived but upon examination has wrong
+happen when data has arrived but upon examination has the wrong
 checksum and is discarded.
 There may be other circumstances
 in which a file descriptor is spuriously reported as ready.