diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
index 9a746a013e10..ec70dd724b22 100644
--- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
+++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
@@ -2391,7 +2391,7 @@ Then we classify traffic using a single rule:
 .Dl "ipfw pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any"
 .Pp
 Using the
-.Cn fwd
+.Cm fwd
 action, the table entries may include hostnames and IP addresses.
 .Pp
 .Dl "ipfw table 1 add 192.168.2.0/24 10.23.2.1"