diff --git a/share/man/man4/ng_deflate.4 b/share/man/man4/ng_deflate.4
index ce46ab0f9109..25ba5e8aaf30 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ng_deflate.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ng_deflate.4
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ The
 .Fa windowBits
 specify compression windows size as negotiated by the
 Compression Control Protocol (CCP) in PPP.
-The
 .It Dv NGM_DEFLATE_RESETREQ Pq Li resetreq
 This message contains no arguments, and is bi-directional.
 If an error is detected during decompression, this message is sent by the