diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3
index 80824ffcabc..8e8bbd185d0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The functions
 .Fn fputs
 and
 .Fn puts
-returns a nonnegative integer on success and
+return a nonnegative integer on success and
 .Dv EOF
 on error.
 .Sh ERRORS