diff --git a/share/man/man3/pthread_join.3 b/share/man/man3/pthread_join.3
index fd2fa5acedd1..b903b0760a8c 100644
--- a/share/man/man3/pthread_join.3
+++ b/share/man/man3/pthread_join.3
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function conforms to
 .St -p1003.1-96 .
 The
 .Fn pthread_timedjoin_np
-is a
+function is a
 .Fx
 extension which first appeared in
 .Fx 6.1 .