diff --git a/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 b/usr.bin/sed/sed.1
index 04c1b46fc5b4..ad8422222d07 100644
--- a/usr.bin/sed/sed.1
+++ b/usr.bin/sed/sed.1
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ Using a different separator can be handy when working with paths:
 echo "/home/example" | sed 's#/home/example#/usr/local/example#'
 .Ed
 .Pp
-Replace all occurances of
+Replace all occurrences of
 .Ql foo
 with
 .Ql bar