diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.3
index 021a708d722e..ab5da7387a45 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.3
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ matching the default behavior of
 .Xr getopt 3 .
 The default behavior without
 .Ql \&+
-is to permute non-option argments to the end of
+is to permute non-option arguments to the end of
 .Fa argv .
 .Pp
 A leading