diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapo-sssvlv.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapo-sssvlv.5
index 9bbb6b690e..e0540b4426 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapo-sssvlv.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapo-sssvlv.5
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ or globally for all backends.
 Since a complete result set must be generated in memory before sorting can
 be performed, processing sort requests can have a large impact on the
 server's memory use. As such, any connection is limited to having only
-a limited number of sorts requests active at a time. Additional limits may
+a limited number of sort requests active at a time. Additional limits may
 be configured as described below.
 
 .SH CONFIGURATION