diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2
index dec81ec94..63140b606 100644
--- a/man2/open.2
+++ b/man2/open.2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 .\"     Rewrite description of O_EXCL.
 .\" 2008-01-11, Greg Banks <gnb@melbourne.sgi.com>: add more detail
 .\"     on O_DIRECT.
-.\" 2008-02-26, Michael Haardt: Reorganised text for O_CREAT and mode
+.\" 2008-02-26, Michael Haardt: Reorganized text for O_CREAT and mode
 .\"
 .\" FIXME . Apr 08: The next POSIX revision has O_EXEC, O_SEARCH, and
 .\" O_TTYINIT.  Eventually these may need to be documented.  --mtk