diff --git a/flawfinder.1 b/flawfinder.1
index 68b8c0e..c255f43 100644
--- a/flawfinder.1
+++ b/flawfinder.1
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ produce many false positives for vulnerabilities
 and fail to report many vulnerabilities.
 On the other hand, flawfinder can find vulnerabilities in programs that
 cannot be built or cannot be linked.
-It even can often work with programs that cannot even be compiled
+It can often work with programs that cannot even be compiled
 (at least by the reviewer's tools).
 Flawfinder also doesn't get as confused by macro definitions
 and other oddities that more sophisticated tools have trouble with.