diff --git a/share/man/man9/ktr.9 b/share/man/man9/ktr.9
index b035991407c8..ca7d33638241 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/ktr.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/ktr.9
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ The arguments given in
 .Fn CTRx
 macros are stored as
 .Vt u_long ,
-so don't pass arguments larger than size of an
+so do not pass arguments larger than size of an
 .Vt u_long
 type.
 For example passing 64bit arguments on 32bit architectures will give incorrect