diff --git a/man/default.pa.5.xml.in b/man/default.pa.5.xml.in
index 815959341..5690541bc 100644
--- a/man/default.pa.5.xml.in
+++ b/man/default.pa.5.xml.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ USA.
     <p>The PulseAudio sound server interprets the file
     <file>~/.config/pulse/default.pa</file> on startup, and when that file
     doesn't exist <file>@PA_DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/default.pa</file>. It
-    should contain directives in the PulseAudio CLI languages, as
+    should contain directives in the PulseAudio CLI language, as
     documented in <manref name="pulse-cli-syntax" section="5"/>.</p>
 
     <p>The same commands can also be entered during runtime in the <manref name="pacmd"