diff --git a/share/man/man9/g_bio.9 b/share/man/man9/g_bio.9
index 9b317416303b..9b3e80127c79 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/g_bio.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/g_bio.9
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ string, followed by the formatted
 followed by a
 .Fa fmtsuffix
 in the style of
-.Xr 9 printf .
+.Xr printf 9 .
 Any of the prefix or suffix strings may be the empty string.
 .Fn g_print_bio
 always prints a newline character at the end of the line.