diff --git a/man/newgidmap.1.xml b/man/newgidmap.1.xml
index 5fff36f7..71b03e56 100644
--- a/man/newgidmap.1.xml
+++ b/man/newgidmap.1.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
       <command>newgidmap</command> verifies that the caller is the owner
       of the process indicated by <option>pid</option> and that for each
       of the above sets, each of the GIDs in the range [lowergid,
-      lowergid+count] is allowed to the caller according to
+      lowergid+count) is allowed to the caller according to
       <filename>/etc/subgid</filename> before setting
       <filename>/proc/[pid]/gid_map</filename>.
     </para>
diff --git a/man/newuidmap.1.xml b/man/newuidmap.1.xml
index faa2373d..a6f1f085 100644
--- a/man/newuidmap.1.xml
+++ b/man/newuidmap.1.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
       <command>newuidmap</command> verifies that the caller is the owner
       of the process indicated by <option>pid</option> and that for each
       of the above sets, each of the UIDs in the range [loweruid,
-      loweruid+count] is allowed to the caller according to
+      loweruid+count) is allowed to the caller according to
       <filename>/etc/subuid</filename> before setting
       <filename>/proc/[pid]/uid_map</filename>.
     </para>