diff --git a/man2/syscall.2 b/man2/syscall.2
index 3772505b5..6118bbc95 100644
--- a/man2/syscall.2
+++ b/man2/syscall.2
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ on PowerPC with the 32-bit ABI, and on Xtensa.
 .PP
 .\" See arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c.
 Note that while the parisc C ABI also uses aligned register pairs,
-it uses a shim layer to hide the issue from userspace.
+it uses a shim layer to hide the issue from user space.
 .PP
 The affected system calls are
 .BR fadvise64_64 (2),