diff --git a/man2/getrlimit.2 b/man2/getrlimit.2
index 24091137e..661f2156b 100644
--- a/man2/getrlimit.2
+++ b/man2/getrlimit.2
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ and
 which fail with the error
 .B ENOMEM
 upon exceeding this limit.
-Also automatic stack expansion will fail
-(and generate a
+In addition, automatic stack expansion fails
+(and generates a
 .B SIGSEGV
 that kills the process if no alternate stack
 has been made available via