diff --git a/man/sd_bus_message_read_basic.xml b/man/sd_bus_message_read_basic.xml
index 1e4d298e17..14320a95d1 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_message_read_basic.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_message_read_basic.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     <title>Return Value</title>
 
     <para>
-      On success, <function>sd_bus_message_read_basic()</function> a positive integer.
+      On success, <function>sd_bus_message_read_basic()</function> returns a positive integer.
       If the end of currently open array has been reached returns 0.
       On failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.
     </para>