diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.8
index d60d7ff9df4..f987c60b2e6 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/rc.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/rc.8
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ At shutdown time, it is passed the string
 as its first and only argument.
 All
 .Nm rc.d
-scripts expected to handle these arguments appropriately.
+scripts are expected to handle these arguments appropriately.
 If no action needs to be taken at a given time
 (either boot time or shutdown time)
 the script should exit successfully and without producing an error message.