diff --git a/share/man/man4/netmap.4 b/share/man/man4/netmap.4
index d247c44b0df8..732e3bfaeaab 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/netmap.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/netmap.4
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ In the example below, "netmap:foo" is any valid netmap port name.
 (default) all hardware ring pairs
 .It NR_REG_SW            "netmap:foo^"
 the ``host rings'', connecting to the host stack.
-.It NR_REG_NIC_SW        "netmap:foo+"
+.It NR_REG_NIC_SW        "netmap:foo*"
 all hardware rings and the host rings
 .It NR_REG_ONE_NIC       "netmap:foo-i"
 only the i-th hardware ring pair, where the number is in