diff --git a/man2/shmop.2 b/man2/shmop.2
index 79c1dfc11..dbfffe5b5 100644
--- a/man2/shmop.2
+++ b/man2/shmop.2
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Allow the contents of the segment to be executed.
 The caller must have execute permission on the segment.
 .TP
 .BR SHM_RDONLY
-Attach the segment read-only access.
+Attach the segment for read-only access.
 The process must have read permission for the segment.
 If this flag is not specified,
 the segment is attached for read and write access,