diff --git a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8
index 6a9ef02b4dfb..69fadcff8ed7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ write operations per second
 kilobytes read per second
 .It kw/s
 kilobytes write per second
-.It wait
+.It qlen
 transactions queue length
 .It svc_t
 average duration of transactions, in milliseconds
diff --git a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.c b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.c
index dfa5ebc38aec..f4156406d801 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.c
@@ -750,11 +750,11 @@ devstats(int perf_select, long double etime, int havelast)
 		printf("\n");
 		if (Iflag == 0)
 			printf(
-		"device     r/s   w/s    kr/s    kw/s wait svc_t  %%b  "
+		"device     r/s   w/s    kr/s    kw/s qlen svc_t  %%b  "
 			    );
 		else
 			printf(
-		"device     r/i   w/i    kr/i    kw/i wait svc_t  %%b  "
+		"device     r/i   w/i    kr/i    kw/i qlen svc_t  %%b  "
 			    );
 		if (Tflag > 0)
 			printf("tin  tout ");