diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.README b/share/mk/bsd.README
index 065623609f8..bcf8d7db989 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.README
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.README
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
 
 To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
 
-	MAN2=	foo.2
+	MAN=	foo.2
 
 If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line: