diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index f93bfdd9f78c..9653c137a8b2 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ for more details on how to set this option.
 .It Fl s Ar size
 The size of the file system in sectors.
 .It Fl v
-Specify that the partition does not contain any slices, and that
+Specify that the slice does not contain any partitions, and that
 .Nm
-should treat the whole partition as the file system.  This option is useful for
+should treat the whole slice as the file system.  This option is useful for
 synthetic disks such as
 .Nm ccd
 and