diff --git a/usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c b/usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c
index 9fd87ae6ba5e..1647d8f2268f 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ ffs_parse_opts(const char *option, fsinfo_t *fsopts)
 					"bytes per inode" },
 		{ "minfree",	&ffs_opts->minfree,	0,	99,
 					"minfree" },
-		{ "maxbpf",	&ffs_opts->maxbpg,	1,	INT_MAX,
+		{ "maxbpg",	&ffs_opts->maxbpg,	1,	INT_MAX,
 					"max blocks per file in a cg" },
 		{ "avgfilesize", &ffs_opts->avgfilesize,1,	INT_MAX,
 					"expected average file size" },