diff --git a/share/man/man9/vm_map.9 b/share/man/man9/vm_map.9
index 231252937c7b..285d1d750eaa 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/vm_map.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/vm_map.9
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ necessary.
 .It Dv MAP_DISABLE_COREDUMP
 Do not include the mapping in a core dump.
 .It Dv MAP_PREFAULT_MADVISE
-Specify that the request from a user process calling
+Specify that the request is from a user process calling
 .Xr madvise 2 .
 .El
 .Pp