diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 3a502d1a1..1c75a166c 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ other related pages or documents.
 
 The list should be ordered by section number and
 then alphabetically by name
-Do not terminate this with a period.
+Do not terminate this list with a period.
 .IP
 Where the SEE ALSO list contains many long manual page names,
 to improve the visual result of the output, it may be useful to employ the