diff --git a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8
index c7c8a386c85e..b10b59a402d3 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 .Nm Chown
 changes the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files.
 Symbolic links named by arguments are silently left unchanged unless
-.Op Fl h
+.Fl h
 is used.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows: