diff --git a/man3/readdir.3 b/man3/readdir.3
index f3305d56f..f41e55a94 100644
--- a/man3/readdir.3
+++ b/man3/readdir.3
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ is not changed.
 If an error occurs, NULL is returned and
 .I errno
 is set appropriately.
-To distinguish end of stream and from an error, set
+To distinguish end of stream from an error, set
 .I errno
 to zero before calling
 .BR readdir ()