diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.3
index 1307c011fd98..f48fe7985e97 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.3
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ CPU is running unprivileged code.
 The ability to write to performance counters.
 .El
 .Ss CPU Naming Conventions
-CPUs are named using small integers from zero until, but
+CPUs are named using small integers from zero up to, but
 excluding, the value returned by function
 .Fn pmc_ncpu .
 On platforms supporting sparsely numbered CPUs not all the numbers in