diff --git a/usr.bin/split/split.1 b/usr.bin/split/split.1
index 684cad57d4fc..4d5f4a1a0753 100644
--- a/usr.bin/split/split.1
+++ b/usr.bin/split/split.1
@@ -216,4 +216,4 @@ command appeared in
 .Pp
 Before
 .Fx 14 ,
-pattern matching and only operated on lines shorter than 65,536 bytes.
+pattern and line matching only operated on lines shorter than 65,536 bytes.