diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
index b84eb71df..c4f16a283 100644
--- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
+++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ overridden by specifying `nisplus' as source for the pseudo-databases
 .B group_compat
 and
 .BR shadow_compat .
-This pseudo-databases are only available in GNU C Library.
+These pseudo-databases are only available in GNU C Library.
 .SH FILES
 A service named SERVICE is implemented by a shared object library named
 .BI libnss_SERVICE.so. X