diff --git a/share/man/man8/yp.8 b/share/man/man8/yp.8
index 2d4c13625f7..7e89cb3f7ef 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/yp.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/yp.8
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ includes support for
 .Em "shadow passwords" .
 The standard password database does not contain users' encrypted
 passwords: these are instead stored (along with other information)
-is a separate database which is accessible only by the super-user.
+in a separate database which is accessible only by the super-user.
 If the encrypted password database were made available as an
 .Tn NIS
 map, this security feature would be totally disabled, since any user