diff --git a/man2/shmop.2 b/man2/shmop.2
index e53ea619d..74f4fceec 100644
--- a/man2/shmop.2
+++ b/man2/shmop.2
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ is specified in
 .IR shmflg ,
 the segment is attached for reading and the process must have
 read permission for the segment.
-Otherwise the segment is attached for read and write
+Otherwise, the segment is attached for read and write
 and the process must have read and write permission for the segment.
 There is no notion of a write-only shared memory segment.
 .PP