diff --git a/sbin/routed/routed.8 b/sbin/routed/routed.8
index 25998c9bd83c..c285ef3ad6dc 100644
--- a/sbin/routed/routed.8
+++ b/sbin/routed/routed.8
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ interface on which RIP has not been disabled,
 deletes all pre-existing
 non-static routes in kernel table.
 Static routes in the kernel table are preserved and
-included in RIP responses if they have a valid RIP metric
+included in RIP responses if they have a valid RIP -hopcount
 (see
 .Xr route 8 ) .
 .Pp