We consider the modulus of u-convexity of a Banach space introduced by Ji Gao (1996) and we improve a sufficient condition for the fixed-point property (FPP) given by this author. We also give a sufficient condition for normal structure in terms of the modulus of u-convexity.Let X be a Banach space and let C be a nonempty subset of X. A mapping T : C → C is said to be nonexpansive wheneverfor all x, y ∈ C. A Banach space X has the weak fixed-point property (WFPP) (resp., fixed-point property (FPP)) if for each nonempty weakly compact convex (resp., bounded, closed, and convex) set C ⊂ X and each nonexpansive mappingIt is well known that the WFPP holds for Banach spaces with certain geometrical properties. Among such properties, weak normal structure is, maybe, the most widely studied (see [5, Chapter 3.2]). In order to give sufficient conditions for the WFPP or weak normal structure, different moduli of convexity of Banach spaces have been introduced by several authors (see [5, Chapter 4.5]).At the origin of these moduli is the classical modulus of convexity introduced by J.