diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index c23d7312e9a1..e266d08d33b2 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ The file system can either be instructed to try to minimize the time spent
 allocating blocks, or to try to minimize the space fragmentation on the disk.
 If the value of minfree (see above) is less than 8%,
 the default is to optimize for space;
-if the value of minfree is greater than or equal to 8%.
+if the value of minfree is greater than or equal to 8%,
 the default is to optimize for time.
 See
 .Xr tunefs 8