diff --git a/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5
index 6ef209ceb845..12ae0cdb6e7e 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ mailq		/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
 newaliases	/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
 .Ed
 .Pp
-This example shows how to invoke the fictitious "newmail" program in
+This example shows how to invoke a sendmail-workalike like Postfix in
 place of sendmail.
 .Bd -literal
 # Emulate sendmail using postfix