diff --git a/usr.bin/mt/mt.1 b/usr.bin/mt/mt.1
index a056ef1926ee..4cafdf4437c7 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mt/mt.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mt/mt.1
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ For example, specifying
 .Fl w Ar 0
 will enable all settings except for LBP_W.
 .It Fl l
-List available protection parmeters and their current settings.
+List available protection parameters and their current settings.
 .It Fl L Ar len
 Set the length of the protection information in bytes.
 For Reed-Solomon CRC, the protection information length should be 4 bytes.