diff --git a/man7/arp.7 b/man7/arp.7
index 59973aef8..12fb57cd8 100644
--- a/man7/arp.7
+++ b/man7/arp.7
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ capability or an effective UID of 0.
 .I arp_pa
 must be an
 .B AF_INET
-socket and
+address and
 .I arp_ha
 must have the same type as the device which is specified in
 .IR arp_dev .