diff --git a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
index 3acce7892e1..6e4b6c2a190 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ An orphaned file is one with an invalid owner or group.
 (str) A list of directories under which orphaned files are searched for.
 This would usually be set to
 .Pa / .
-.It Ar weekly_status_pkg_dirs
+.It Ar weekly_status_pkg_enable
 (bool) Set to
 .Dq YES
 if you want to use