diff --git a/man2/semop.2 b/man2/semop.2
index 3694d69d6..d3c0a7e02 100644
--- a/man2/semop.2
+++ b/man2/semop.2
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Each of the
 .I nsops
 elements in the array pointed to by
 .I sops
+is a structure that
 specifies an operation to be performed on a single semaphore.
 The elements of this structure are of type
 .IR "struct sembuf" ,