diff --git a/man3/MB_CUR_MAX.3 b/man3/MB_CUR_MAX.3
index 367a25ddf..c06bac9ed 100644
--- a/man3/MB_CUR_MAX.3
+++ b/man3/MB_CUR_MAX.3
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The
 macro defines an integer expression giving
 the maximum number of bytes needed to represent a single
 wide character in the current locale.
-It is locale dependent and therefore not a compile-time constant.
+This value is locale dependent and therefore not a compile-time constant.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 An integer in the range [1,
 .BR MB_LEN_MAX ].