diff --git a/asn1c/asn1c.1 b/asn1c/asn1c.1
index 4781441..07cd7b7 100644
--- a/asn1c/asn1c.1
+++ b/asn1c/asn1c.1
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 .B \-fbless-SIZE
 Allow SIZE() constraint for INTEGER, ENUMERATED, and other types for which this
 constraint is normally prohibited by the standard. This is a violation of
-ASN.1 standard and compiler may fail to produce meaningful code.
+ASN.1 standard, and the compiler may fail to produce a meaningful code.
 .TP
 .B \-fcompound-names
 Using this switch prevents name collisions in the target source code