diff --git a/man2/semget.2 b/man2/semget.2
index bfd3e6b38..54729a8bb 100644
--- a/man2/semget.2
+++ b/man2/semget.2
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ verified.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On sucess,
 .BR semget ()
-ireturns the semaphore set identifier (a nonnegative integer).
+returns the semaphore set identifier (a nonnegative integer).
 On failure, \-1 is returned, and
 .I errno
 is set to indicate the error.