diff --git a/sbin/ldconfig/ldconfig.8 b/sbin/ldconfig/ldconfig.8
index e3cb2c00a35..fd36540b48d 100644
--- a/sbin/ldconfig/ldconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ldconfig/ldconfig.8
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Ignored for backwards compatibility.
 .It Fl B
 Force writing big-endian binary data to the hints file.
 The default is to create hints files in little-endian byte-order on all
-architectures..
+architectures.
 Reading of and merging into hints files preserves the endianness of the
 existing hints file.
 .It Fl R