diff --git a/man2/epoll_ctl.2 b/man2/epoll_ctl.2
index 3a4593baf..1ae2a8412 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_ctl.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_ctl.2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ be performed for the target file descriptor,
 
 Valid values for the
 .I op
-argument are :
+argument are:
 .TP
 .B EPOLL_CTL_ADD
 Register the target file descriptor
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ argument describes the object linked to the file descriptor
 .IR fd .
 The
 .I struct epoll_event
-is defined as :
+is defined as:
 .sp
 .in +4n
 .nf