diff --git a/man3/tmpfile.3 b/man3/tmpfile.3
index 7eeb381cc..a649fd629 100644
--- a/man3/tmpfile.3
+++ b/man3/tmpfile.3
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Glibc will try the path prefix
 defined
 in
 .IR <stdio.h> ,
-and if that fails the directory
+and if that fails, then the directory
 .IR /tmp .
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR exit (3),