diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
index 3bfc7c103..d2523dd3d 100644
--- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ records when a new cgroup is created (and activated).
 .\" commit e17d43b93e544f5016c0251d2074c15568d5d963
 This enables the generation of
 .B PERF_RECORD_TEXT_POKE
-records when there's a changes to the kernel text
+records when there's a change to the kernel text
 (i.e., self-modifying code).
 .TP
 .IR wakeup_events ", " wakeup_watermark