diff --git a/share/man/man9/bus_alloc_resource.9 b/share/man/man9/bus_alloc_resource.9
index fd39b59af959..12b1ea61bfe5 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/bus_alloc_resource.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/bus_alloc_resource.9
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Its arguments are as follows:
 .It
 .Fa dev
 is the device that requests ownership of the resource.
-Before allocation, the device is owned by the parent bus.
+Before allocation, the resource is owned by the parent bus.
 .It
 .Fa type
 is the type of resource you want to allocate.