diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.README b/share/mk/bsd.README
index 954984e040f2..ffbe8257dbd9 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.README
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.README
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
 
 MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .9 suffix).  The
 		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
-		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are soft-linked.
+		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are hard-linked.
 
 The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
 it exists.