diff --git a/man4/cpuid.4 b/man4/cpuid.4
index e71eccdc3..0180ff8cf 100644
--- a/man4/cpuid.4
+++ b/man4/cpuid.4
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The lower 32 bits of the file position is used as the incoming
 .IR %eax ,
 and the upper 32 bits of the file position as the incoming
 .IR %ecx ,
-the latter intended for "counting"
+the latter is intended for "counting"
 .I eax
 levels like
 .IR eax=4 .