diff --git a/usr.sbin/powerd/powerd.8 b/usr.sbin/powerd/powerd.8
index b10438362452..7465410a6655 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/powerd/powerd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/powerd/powerd.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd November 6, 2005
+.Dd December 24, 2008
 .Dt POWERD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ The default is
 .It Fl r Ar percent
 Specifies the CPU load percent level where adaptive
 mode should consider the CPU running and increase performance.
-The default is 75% or higther.
+The default is 75% or higher.
 .It Fl v
 Verbose mode.
 Messages about power changes will be printed to stdout and