diff --git a/share/man/man8/yp.8 b/share/man/man8/yp.8
index 12171f96c0c3..e82d9ae65df6 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/yp.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/yp.8
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ placing a slave server on the local network.)
 The
 .Fx
 .Xr ypserv 8
-is specially designed to provided enhanced security (compared to
+is specially designed to provide enhanced security (compared to
 other
 .Tn NIS
 implementations) when used exclusively with