diff --git a/share/man/man4/tap.4 b/share/man/man4/tap.4
index b3ed6202bc76..ad7b2cf2e26d 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/tap.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/tap.4
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ These Ethernet network interfaces persist until
 .Pa if_tap.ko
 module is unloaded (if
 .Nm
-is built into your kernel, the network interfaces can not be removed).
+is built into your kernel, the network interfaces cannot be removed).
 .Pp
 On older systems without
 .Xr devfs 5