diff --git a/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1 b/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1
index 3ece783596c..dad94f9e840 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ file:
 .Pp
 .Dl vidcontrol -p < /dev/ttyv0 > shot.scr
 .Pp
-The following command will dump contents of the forth virtual terminal
+The following command will dump contents of the fourth virtual terminal
 to the standard output in the human readable format:
 .Pp
 .Dl vidcontrol -P < /dev/ttyv3