diff --git a/usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntp.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntp.conf.5
index 3ba6d6a133ec..264a250a9233 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntp.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntp.conf.5
@@ -2325,7 +2325,7 @@ record the frequency of the local clock oscillator.
 This is the same
 operation as the
 .Fl f
-command linke option.
+command line option.
 If the file exists, it is read at
 startup in order to set the initial frequency and then updated once per
 hour with the current frequency computed by the daemon.