diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/sort/sort.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/sort/sort.1
index 19532c8c15a..17ea03f62ac 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/sort/sort.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/sort/sort.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH SORT 1L \" -*- nroff -*-
+.TH SORT 1 \" -*- nroff -*-
 .SH NAME
 sort \- sort lines of text files
 .SH SYNOPSIS