diff --git a/sbin/fsck/fsck.8 b/sbin/fsck/fsck.8
index 998f3d2fc4f..5ec0c02bbbf 100644
--- a/sbin/fsck/fsck.8
+++ b/sbin/fsck/fsck.8
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ or
 flags are not specified,
 .Nm
 will attempt to determine the file system type and call the
-appropriated file system check utility.
+appropriate file system check utility.
 Failure to detect the file system type will cause
 .Nm
 to fail with a message that the partition has an unknown file system type.