diff --git a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8 b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
index 46c7f987d774..c5fdb52992dc 100644
--- a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
+++ b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ to the given number.
 The units are seconds.
 The default is 5 minutes, 0 means
 waiting forever.
-This option needed mainly to specify upper limit of minutes
+This option is needed mainly to specify an upper limit of minutes
 to prevent modem hanging.
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