diff --git a/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipf.8 b/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipf.8
index 678010f73d26..6e88a9dea99c 100644
--- a/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipf.8
+++ b/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipf.8
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ supports \fBlanguage\fI.  At present, the only target language supported is
 \fBC\fB (-cc) for which two files - \fBip_rules.c\fP
 and \fBip_rules.h\fP are generated in the \fBCURRENT DIRECTORY\fP when
 \fBipf\fP is being run.  These files can be used with the
-\fBIPFILTER_COMPILED\fP kernel option to build filter rules staticly into
+\fBIPFILTER_COMPILED\fP kernel option to build filter rules staticlly into
 the kernel.
 .TP
 .B \-d