diff --git a/usr.sbin/zonectl/zonectl.8 b/usr.sbin/zonectl/zonectl.8
index 367d2c0ed39..72cebfaf1ff 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/zonectl/zonectl.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/zonectl/zonectl.8
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ For the Report Zones command, specify a subset of zones to report.
 .It all
 Report all zones.
 This is the default.
-.It emtpy
+.It empty
 Report only empty zones.
 .It imp_open
 Report zones that are implicitly open.