diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/lio_listio.2 b/lib/libc/sys/lio_listio.2
index a584b084e65..0ffbcddc919 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/lio_listio.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/lio_listio.2
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ is
 .Dv LIO_NOWAIT ,
 the
 .Fn lio_listio
-function 0 if the operations are successfully queued,
+function returns 0 if the operations are successfully queued,
 otherwise \-1.
 .Sh ERRORS
 The