diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2
index 4bb4a68ff8a5..4c7d5ad0c67a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ potentially sensitive data.
 .Pp
 To prevent these files from remaining open after an
 .Xr exec 3
-call, be sure to set the close-on-exec flag is set:
+call, be sure to set the close-on-exec flag:
 .Bd -literal
 void
 pseudocode(void)