diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index c26e7767f88f..9c62f2cc1e38 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ where
 is the foreground color and
 .Ar b
 is the background color.
-When the background color is capitalized, the text will underlined.
+When the background color is capitalized, the text is underlined.
 .Pp
 The color designators are as follows:
 .Pp