diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
index dd4fccf83860..9c0bc4c6a4b6 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ or
 .St -ansiC ,
 it should be noted here.
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-Exist status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command
+Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command
 fails for one of the following reasons
 .Bl -diag
 .It example error message