diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
index c029e71b9a8..efebfebf054 100644
--- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
+++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ String and integer values can be set using
 .It "kern.filedelay	integer	yes"
 .It "kern.dirdelay	integer	yes"
 .It "kern.metadelay	integer	yes"
-.It "kern.osreldate	string	no"
+.It "kern.osreldate	integer	no"
 .It "kern.bootfile	string	yes"
 .It "kern.corefile	string	yes"
 .It "kern.logsigexit	integer	yes"