diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getttyent.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getttyent.3
index a5e9156c7e61..79b765163556 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getttyent.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getttyent.3
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ If this flag is set, then
 .Fn isnettty
 will return a non-zero value.
 .It Dv TTY_IFEXISTS
-Identifies a tty that does not neccessarily exist.
+Identifies a tty that does not necessarily exist.
 .It Dv TTY_IFCONSOLE
 Identifies a tty that might be a system console.
 .El