diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
index bd4000697552..17c9b8c28346 100644
--- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
+++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Please refer to
 for more information on which tunables are available and how to set them.
 .Pp
 The string and integer information is summarized below.
-For a detailed description of these variable see
+For a detailed description of these variables see
 .Xr sysctl 3 .
 .Pp
 The changeable column indicates whether a process with appropriate