diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2
index 6c2154be5..bdb28e767 100644
--- a/man2/futex.2
+++ b/man2/futex.2
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ As a convenience,
 defines a set of constants with the suffix
 .BR _PRIVATE
 that are equivalents of all of the operations listed below,
-.\" except the obsolete FUTEX_FD for which the "private" flag was
+.\" except the obsolete FUTEX_FD, for which the "private" flag was
 .\" meaningless
 but with the
 .BR FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG