diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index 466b538e577a..f77b5a921c43 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ interfaces that will also be used for HARP through
 .Xr harp 4 .
 If this list is not empty all interfaces in the list will be brought up
 with
-.Xr ifconfig 9
+.Xr ifconfig 8
 and
 .Xr harp 4
 will be loaded.