diff --git a/man/pulse-cli-syntax.5.xml.in b/man/pulse-cli-syntax.5.xml.in
index 4784dbaa5..92c713461 100644
--- a/man/pulse-cli-syntax.5.xml.in
+++ b/man/pulse-cli-syntax.5.xml.in
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ USA.
 
   <section name="Meta Commands">
     <p>
-      In addition the commands described above there a few meta directives
+      In addition to the commands described above there are a few meta directives
       supported by the command line interpreter.
     </p>
     <option>