diff --git a/man7/mount_namespaces.7 b/man7/mount_namespaces.7
index a5e56325c..44bf76740 100644
--- a/man7/mount_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/mount_namespaces.7
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ attempting to unlink, rename, or remove a file or directory
 that was a mount point in another mount namespace would result in the error
 .BR EBUSY .
 That behavior had technical problems of enforcement (e.g., for NFS)
-and permitted denial-of-service attacks against more privileged users.
+and permitted denial-of-service attacks against more privileged users
 (i.e., preventing individual files from being updated
 by bind mounting on top of them).
 .\"