diff --git a/share/man/man5/fstab.5 b/share/man/man5/fstab.5
index a83b26288eb..752c1c12cda 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/fstab.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/fstab.5
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ resides in
 # Swap space on a block device.
 /dev/da0p1	none		swap	sw		0	0
 #
-# Swap space using a block device with GBDE/GELI encyption.
+# Swap space using a block device with GBDE/GELI encryption.
 # aalgo, ealgo, keylen, sectorsize options are available
 # for .eli devices.
 /dev/da1p1.bde	none		swap	sw		0	0