diff --git a/share/man/man3/queue.3 b/share/man/man3/queue.3
index ee45e02f2f5..ce4e0393762 100644
--- a/share/man/man3/queue.3
+++ b/share/man/man3/queue.3
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ O(n) removal of any entry in the list.
 Forward traversal through the list.
 .El
 .Pp
-Singly-linked lists are the simplest of the five data structures
+Singly-linked lists are the simplest of the four data structures
 and support only the above functionality.
 Singly-linked lists are ideal for applications with large datasets
 and few or no removals,