diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index 6b4626c..f811dc3 100644
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ enables dynamic allocation. With tags, only when the tags are all
 set. It may be repeated with different tag sets. 
 .TP
 .B \-5, --no-ping
-(IPv4 only) By default, the DHCP server will attempt to ensure that an address in
+(IPv4 only) By default, the DHCP server will attempt to ensure that an address is
 not in use before allocating it to a host. It does this by sending an
 ICMP echo request (aka "ping") to the address in question. If it gets
 a reply, then the address must already be in use, and another is