diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
index 070c427a3b24..d4e68760fad2 100644
--- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
+++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The items specified by
 .Ar list
 can be in terms of column position or in terms of fields delimited
 by a special character.
-Column and field numbering starts from 1.
+Column and field numbering start from 1.
 .Pp
 The
 .Ar list