diff --git a/sys/boot/common/loader.8 b/sys/boot/common/loader.8
index 5ba740c2989..9864494b0d0 100644
--- a/sys/boot/common/loader.8
+++ b/sys/boot/common/loader.8
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ if the script terminates with a non-zero exit code,
 or if a SIGTERM is delivered to the
 .Xr init 8
 process (PID 1).
-.It Va init_script
+.It Va init_shell
 Defines the shell binary to be used for executing the various shell scripts.
 The default is
 .Dq Li /bin/sh .