*: spelling and grammar fixes

[thirdparty/util-linux.git] / sys-utils / flock.1

diff --git a/sys-utils/flock.1 b/sys-utils/flock.1
index 5235f83039d71a3636b11c5c9531e36e2beb17f3..9d7a56fe15584eb594d37fd075d1c41f47d66388 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/flock.1
+++ b/sys-utils/flock.1
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ exit status values for everything, except when using either of the options
 .B \-n
 or
 .B \-w
-which report a failure to acquire the lock with a exit status given by the
+which report a failure to acquire the lock with an exit status given by the
 .B \-E
 option, or 1 by default.  The exit status given by
 .B \-E has to be in the range of 0 to 255.