diff --git a/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 b/sbin/growfs/growfs.8
index d9a5b441d67f..2417f81af09f 100644
--- a/sbin/growfs/growfs.8
+++ b/sbin/growfs/growfs.8
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Before starting
 .Nm
 the disk must be labeled to a bigger size using
 .Xr disklabel 8 .
-If you wish to grow a filesystem beyound the boundary of
+If you wish to grow a filesystem beyond the boundary of
 the slice it resides in, you must re-size the slice using
 .Xr fdisk 8
 before running