diff --git a/man/fail2ban-client.1 b/man/fail2ban-client.1
index 2da467ec..80e7fa48 100644
--- a/man/fail2ban-client.1
+++ b/man/fail2ban-client.1
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ logtarget is SYSLOG
 gets syslog socket path
 .TP
 \fBflushlogs\fR
-flushes the logtarget if a file
+flushes the logtarget of a file
 and reopens it. For log rotation.
 .IP
 DATABASE