diff --git a/sys/man/2/9pqueue b/sys/man/2/9pqueue
index 54d76a3c0..770161347 100644
--- a/sys/man/2/9pqueue
+++ b/sys/man/2/9pqueue
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ will be interrupted.
 .PP
 .I Reqqueuefree
 frees a queue.
-No new requests should be send to the queue and it will be freed once all requests in it have been processed.
+No new requests should be sent to the queue and it will be freed once all requests in it have been processed.
 .SH SOURCE
 .B /sys/src/lib9p/queue.c
 .SH SEE ALSO