diff --git a/man/rgbasm.5 b/man/rgbasm.5
index 6231275ef..0d283d0df 100644
--- a/man/rgbasm.5
+++ b/man/rgbasm.5
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ will expand to
 .Pp
 The
 .Ic SHIFT
-directive is one that is only available in macros.
+directive is only available inside macros.
 It will shift the arguments by one to the left, and decrease
 .Dv _NARG
 by 1: