diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 800f71df78..86ba8cf6f3 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ If it is set to the keyword
 .IR unlimited , 
 no limit is applied (the default).
 If it is set to
-.IR disable ,
+.IR disabled ,
 the search is not even performed; this can be used to disallow searches
 for a specific set of users.
 If no limit specifier is set, the value is assigned to the