diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet6.4 b/share/man/man4/inet6.4
index 29e26bfd2646..300f98abb196 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/inet6.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/inet6.4
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Sockets may be created with the local address
 .Dq Dv ::
 (which is equal to IPv6 address
 .Dv 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 )
-to affect
+to effect
 .Dq wildcard
 matching on incoming messages.
 .Pp