diff --git a/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text b/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text
index cc4c0428..a6143ab7 100644
--- a/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text
+++ b/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ __user foobar --password 'some_other_hash'
 
 # this tells cdist, that you know that this is an override and should be accepted
 CDIST_OVERRIDE=yes __user foobar --password 'some_other_hash'
-# its only an override, means the parameter --home is not touched 
-# and stay at the original value of /home/foobarexample
+# it's only an override, means the parameter --home is not touched 
+# and stays at the original value of /home/foobarexample
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