diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index 2cfb07869e9..6dcee1db33d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ case the actual value is of interest.
 If an option is not set,
 .Nm
 will look for an environment variable of the same name.
-The binary options include the following:
+The available options include the following:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Va append
 Causes messages saved in