diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
index fe0a75a971c8..b81de6e8a312 100644
--- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
+++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ to standard error.
 .It Fl T
 Display only variables that are setable via loader (CTLFLAG_TUN).
 .It Fl W
-Display only wriable variables that are not statistical.
+Display only writable variables that are not statistical.
 Useful for determining the set of runtime tunable sysctls.
 .It Fl X
 Equivalent to