diff --git a/doc/tor.1.in b/doc/tor.1.in
index b6e35f8bdd..a4dac0e077 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.in
+++ b/doc/tor.1.in
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ The most recently downloaded network status document for each authority.  Each f
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 .B \fIDataDirectory\fB/cached-descriptors\fR and \fBcached-descriptors.new\fR
-These files hold downloaded router statuses.  Some routers may appear more than once; if so, the most recently published descriptor is used.    Lines beginning with @-signs are annotations that contain more information about a given router.  The ".new" file is an append-only journal; when it gets too large, all entries are merged into a new cached-routers file.
+These files hold downloaded router statuses.  Some routers may appear more than once; if so, the most recently published descriptor is used.    Lines beginning with @-signs are annotations that contain more information about a given router.  The ".new" file is an append-only journal; when it gets too large, all entries are merged into a new cached-descriptors file.
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 .B \fIDataDirectory\fB/cached-routers\fR and \fBcached-routers.new\fR