diff --git a/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.1 b/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.1
index f99b4305f23..9aa20d65990 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.1
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl abcmopqstMQSTy
-.Op Fl C Ar system
-.Op Fl N Ar core
+.Op Fl C Ar core
+.Op Fl N Ar system
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
@@ -97,18 +97,18 @@ of the last control operation on an IPC object,
 the last send or receive of a message,
 the last attach or detach of a shared memory segment,
 or the last operation on a semaphore.
-.It Fl C Ar system
-Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the
-default
-.Dq Pa /boot/kernel/kernel .
+.It Fl C Ar core
+Extract values associated with the name list from the specified
+core instead of the default
+.Dq Pa /dev/kmem .
 Implies
 .Fl y .
 .It Fl M
 Display system information about shared memory.
-.It Fl N Ar core
-Extract values associated with the name list from the specified
-core instead of the default
-.Dq Pa /dev/kmem .
+.It Fl N Ar system
+Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the
+default
+.Dq Pa /boot/kernel/kernel .
 Implies
 .Fl y .
 .It Fl Q