diff --git a/man2/remap_file_pages.2 b/man2/remap_file_pages.2
index 0668a6ccf..67251e3b5 100644
--- a/man2/remap_file_pages.2
+++ b/man2/remap_file_pages.2
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ system call is Linux-specific.
 Since Linux 2.6.23,
 .\" commit 3ee6dafc677a68e461a7ddafc94a580ebab80735
 .BR remap_file_pages ()
-creates non-linear mappings only on
+creates non-linear mappings only
 on in-memory file systems such as tmpfs, hugetlbfs or ramfs.
 On filesystems with a backing store,
 .BR remap_file_pages ()