diff --git a/share/man/man5/make.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
index c824624bfd05..62e2660f4cd3 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ Set to not build in the
 subdir.
 .It Va NO_SHARED
 .Pq Vt bool
-Set to not build
+Set to build
 .Pa /bin
 and
 .Pa /sbin