diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3 b/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3
index 1e13ed8b5967..74d1a5c4d18d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The
 .Fn strcmp
 and
 .Fn strncmp
-return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, according
+functions return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, according
 as the string
 .Fa s1
 is greater than, equal to, or less than the string