diff --git a/sbin/init/init.8 b/sbin/init/init.8
index 98ebc17fa9ff..00b011c9c45d 100644
--- a/sbin/init/init.8
+++ b/sbin/init/init.8
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ for deadlocked processes) and reboot the machine if sent the interrupt
 signal, i.e.
 .Dq Li "kill \-INT 1".
 This is useful for shutting the machine down cleanly from inside the kernel
-or from X when the machines appears to be hung.
+or from X when the machine appears to be hung.
 .Pp
 The role of
 .Nm init