diff --git a/man2/mmap.2 b/man2/mmap.2
index 153c28905..1b70a57c5 100644
--- a/man2/mmap.2
+++ b/man2/mmap.2
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ The
 .I flags
 argument determines whether updates to the mapping
 are visible to other processes mapping the same region,
-and whether updates are caried through to the underlying file.
+and whether updates are carried through to the underlying file.
 This behavior is determined by including exactly one
 of the following values in
 .IR flags :