diff --git a/man/man8/tc-htb.8 b/man/man8/tc-htb.8
index 9accfecd..a4162342 100644
--- a/man/man8/tc-htb.8
+++ b/man/man8/tc-htb.8
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class is going to have children.
 .TP
 prio priority
 In the round-robin process, classes with the lowest priority field are tried
-for packets first. Mandatory.
+for packets first.
 
 .TP
 rate rate