diff --git a/man2/mmap.2 b/man2/mmap.2
index f4b1e4b7f..a8ec64733 100644
--- a/man2/mmap.2
+++ b/man2/mmap.2
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ and the range covered by
 .IR addr
 and
 .IR length
-is clashes with an existing mapping.
+clashes with an existing mapping.
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
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