diff --git a/man2/pidfd_open.2 b/man2/pidfd_open.2
index 016921370..e8ba3769a 100644
--- a/man2/pidfd_open.2
+++ b/man2/pidfd_open.2
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ the zombie process was not reaped elsewhere in the program
 .BR wait (2)
 or similar in another thread).
 .PP
-If these conditions don't hold true,
+If any of these conditions does not hold,
 then the child process should instead be created using
 .BR clone (2)
 with the