1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/woman.el b/lisp/woman.el
index 2d3513f0097..f880c6810f9 100644
--- a/lisp/woman.el
+++ b/lisp/woman.el
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ No external programs are used."
                  (progn (goto-char (point-min))
                         (not (re-search-forward "^\\.\\([pnil]p\\|sh\\)[ \n]"
                                                 (point-max) t))))
-      (error "WoMan can only format manpages written in the an format")))
+      (error "WoMan can only format man pages written with the usual `-man' macros")))
 
   (and (boundp 'font-lock-mode) font-lock-mode (font-lock-mode -1))
   ;; (fundamental-mode)