diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapo-ppolicy.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapo-ppolicy.5
index 64595ed112..2e61f67a48 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapo-ppolicy.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapo-ppolicy.5
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ following are met:
 There is a password policy that applies to the entry
 .IP \[bu]
 The user has
-.B read
+.B compare
 access to the entry's password attribute.
 .IP \[bu]
 The configured password attribute is present in the entry