diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index 067dac210dce..fc4e1dbae895 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ directory or
 directories (where
 .Ao Ar dir Ac
 is each entry specified in
- .Va local_startup ,
+.Va local_startup ,
 but with any trailing
 .Pa /rc.d
 stripped),