diff --git a/usr.bin/ctlstat/ctlstat.8 b/usr.bin/ctlstat/ctlstat.8
index 4b63251db0d0..8351d9a372b7 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ctlstat/ctlstat.8
+++ b/usr.bin/ctlstat/ctlstat.8
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ and a combined total column that also includes non I/O operations.
 .It Fl c Ar count
 Display statistics this many times.
 .It Fl C
-Disable CPU statistics.
+Disable CPU statistics display.
 .It Fl d
 Display DMA operation time (latency) instead of overall I/O time (latency).
 .It Fl D