diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 8c5cfa990f..a53a3c41bf 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ method, this option is ignored without comment.  The default is 100000 bytes.
 .TP
 .B dbcachenowsync
 Specify that database writes should not be immediately synchronized
-with in memory changes.  Enabling this option may improving performance
+with in memory changes.  Enabling this option may improve performance
 at the expense of data security.
 .TP
 .B directory <directory>