diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index 164e32db5e46..3327f4d488a1 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ The following is how to do an
 .Nm
 listing sorted by size (and shows why
 .Nm
-does not need this functionality.
+does not need this functionality).
 .Pp
 .Dl "% ls -l | sort [-r] -n +4"
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS