diff --git a/usr.sbin/ip6addrctl/ip6addrctl.conf.sample b/usr.sbin/ip6addrctl/ip6addrctl.conf.sample
index 6f64e5dff3a7..a2b3759de5f7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ip6addrctl/ip6addrctl.conf.sample
+++ b/usr.sbin/ip6addrctl/ip6addrctl.conf.sample
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # default policy table based on RFC 3484.
-# usage: ip6addrctl -c path_to_this_file
+# usage: ip6addrctl install path_to_this_file
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 #