diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
index e0e47af7..01caf960 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.2 1996/08/19 08:33:31 tholo Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.3 1997/04/03 07:22:31 deraadt Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 19, 1994
 .Dt GETOPT 3
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ from
 .Pp
 A single dash
 .Dq Li -
-may be specified as an character in
+may be specified as a character in
 .Fa optstring ,
 however it should
 .Em never