diff --git a/reference/posix/functions/posix-strerror.xml b/reference/posix/functions/posix-strerror.xml
index 7fcaa6db1d..d85ef1a814 100644
--- a/reference/posix/functions/posix-strerror.xml
+++ b/reference/posix/functions/posix-strerror.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
   <refentry id="function.posix-strerror">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>posix_strerror</refname>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
      Returns the POSIX system error message associated with the given errno.
      If <parameter>errno</parameter> is 0, then the string "Success" is
      returned.  The function <function>posix_get_last_error</function> is
-     commonly used for retrieving the last POSIX errno.
+     used for retrieving the last POSIX errno.
     </para>
     <para>
      See also <function>posix_get_last_error</function>.