diff --git a/doc/manpages/swift-object-expirer.1 b/doc/manpages/swift-object-expirer.1
index 767f85b222..2281f8f862 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/swift-object-expirer.1
+++ b/doc/manpages/swift-object-expirer.1
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ shortly thereafter remove the object from the system.
 The X-Delete-At header takes a Unix Epoch timestamp, in integer form; for example:
 1317070737 represents Mon Sep 26 20:58:57 2011 UTC.
 
-The X-Delete-After header takes a integer number of seconds. The proxy server
+The X-Delete-After header takes an integer number of seconds. The proxy server
 that receives the request will convert this header into an X-Delete-At header
 using its current time plus the value given.