diff --git a/man2/umask.2 b/man2/umask.2
index 2e3933cc0..8f54540d3 100644
--- a/man2/umask.2
+++ b/man2/umask.2
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ inherits its parent's umask.
 The umask is left unchanged by
 .BR execve (2).
 
-It is impossible to user
+It is impossible to use
 .BR umask ()
 to fetch a process's umask without at the same time changing it.
 A second call to