diff --git a/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8 b/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8
index 04190a5b76f..a0481f742b1 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/daemon/daemon.8
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Close
 and re-open it when signal SIGHUP is received, for interoperability with
 .Xr newsyslog 1
 and similar log rotation / archival mechanisms.  If
-.Fa o
+.Fl o
 is not specified, this flag is ignored.
 .It Fl S
 Enable syslog output.