diff --git a/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
index b6ef7a09d78c..08e6fb1e9867 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Initial settings for
 .Xr sysctl 8 .
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 To turn off logging of programs that exit due to fatal signals, as well as
-telling Linux programs that you're running FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE, you may use
+telling Linux programs that you are running FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE, you may use
 a configuration like
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 kern.logsigexit=0