diff --git a/share/man/man5/elf.5 b/share/man/man5/elf.5
index 9a004bb3d08a..d449355451dd 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/elf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/elf.5
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ This section is of type
 The attribute used is
 .Sy SHF_ALLOC .
 .It .rodata1
-This section hold read-only data that typically contributes to a
+This section holds read-only data that typically contributes to a
 non-writable segment in the process image.
 This section is of type
 .Sy SHT_PROGBITS .