diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
index 34aa48a01de5..9b76687c7638 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The following options are recognized in
 .It Dv SO_LISTENINCQLEN Ta "get incomplete queue length of the socket (get only)"
 .It Dv SO_USER_COOKIE Ta "set the 'so_user_cookie' value for the socket (uint32_t, set only)"
 .It Dv SO_TS_CLOCK Ta "set specific format of timestamp returned by SO_TIMESTAMP"
-.It Dv SO_MAX_PACING_RATE "set the maximum transmit rate in bytes per second for the socket"
+.It Dv SO_MAX_PACING_RATE Ta "set the maximum transmit rate in bytes per second for the socket"
 .El
 .Pp
 .Dv SO_DEBUG