diff --git a/man5/resolv.conf.5 b/man5/resolv.conf.5
index 589c31516..e82ea7275 100644
--- a/man5/resolv.conf.5
+++ b/man5/resolv.conf.5
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The file is designed to be human readable and contains a list of
 keywords with values that provide various types of resolver information.
 .LP
 If this file does not exist,
-only the name server be on the local machine will be queried;
+only the name server on the local machine will be queried;
 the domain name is determined from the hostname
 and the domain search path is constructed from the domain name.
 .LP