diff --git a/usr.bin/rpcinfo/rpcinfo.8 b/usr.bin/rpcinfo/rpcinfo.8
index bfff9027a02a..f4c7fc79868c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/rpcinfo/rpcinfo.8
+++ b/usr.bin/rpcinfo/rpcinfo.8
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@
 .Op Fl T Ar transport
 .Ar prognum versnum
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
 .Nm
-makes an RPC call to an RPC
+utility makes an RPC call to an RPC
 server and reports what it finds.
 .Pp
 In the first synopsis,