diff --git a/share/man/man4/twe.4 b/share/man/man4/twe.4
index ff9436ff5186..390e9bc8dae6 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/twe.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/twe.4
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The
 .Nm
 driver provides support for AMCC's 3ware 5000/6000/7000/8000 series
 PATA/SATA RAID adapters.
-These adapters were formerly know as
+These adapters were formerly known as
 .Dq 3ware Escalade .
 .Pp
 These devices support 2, 4, 8, or 12 ATA disk drives