diff --git a/man2/select.2 b/man2/select.2
index fc67aec34..082d5c21c 100644
--- a/man2/select.2
+++ b/man2/select.2
@@ -517,9 +517,9 @@ On some UNIX systems,
 .BR select ()
 unblocks and returns, with an indication that the file descriptor is ready
 (a subsequent I/O operation will likely fail with an error,
-unless another the file descriptor reopened between the time
+unless another process reopens file descriptor between the time
 .BR select ()
-returned and the I/O operations was performed).
+returned and the I/O operation is performed).
 On Linux (and some other systems),
 closing the file descriptor in another thread has no effect on
 .BR select ().