diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1.asciidoc.in b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1.asciidoc.in
index 1ffbaaf52a8..d34ddbc2dac 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1.asciidoc.in
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1.asciidoc.in
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Alternatively, you can use a comma-separated list of hosts or a single host with
 *-l* 'SUBSET', *--limit=*'SUBSET'::
 
 Further limits the selected host/group patterns.
-You can prefix it with '~' to indicate that the pattern in a regex.
+You can prefix it with '~' to indicate that the pattern is a regex.
 
 *--list-hosts*::