diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2 b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
index 56dbcd79b22..a704a7bb4fc 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ function was issued on a socket, pipe or
 .Tn FIFO .
 .It Er 30 EROFS Em "Read-only file system" .
 An attempt was made to modify a file or directory
-was made
 on a file system that was read-only at the time.
 .It Er 31 EMLINK Em "Too many links" .
 Maximum allowable hard links to a single file has been exceeded (limit