diff --git a/share/man/man9/rtentry.9 b/share/man/man9/rtentry.9
index 6b70994fbe8..a1c48a68605 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/rtentry.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/rtentry.9
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ The round-trip time to this destination, in units of
 .Dv RMX_RTTUNIT
 per second.
 .It Vt "u_long rmx_rttvar" ;
-The average deviation of the round-type time to this destination, in
+The average deviation of the round-trip time to this destination, in
 units of
 .Dv RMX_RTTUNIT
 per second.