diff --git a/man3/exec.3 b/man3/exec.3
index 062cb0f31..9c6146088 100644
--- a/man3/exec.3
+++ b/man3/exec.3
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ with the path of the file as its first argument.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR exec ()
-functions only return if an error has have occurred.
+functions only return if an error has occurred.
 The return value is \-1, and
 .I errno
 is set to indicate the error.