diff --git a/share/man/man3/tree.3 b/share/man/man3/tree.3
index aa53eb134c7..46efbbba305 100644
--- a/share/man/man3/tree.3
+++ b/share/man/man3/tree.3
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ macros, but should be used only once.
 Finally,
 the
 .Fa CMP
-argument is the name of a function used to compare tree noded
+argument is the name of a function used to compare tree nodes
 with each other.
 The function takes two arguments of type
 .Vt "struct TYPE *" .