diff --git a/share/man/man4/bce.4 b/share/man/man4/bce.4
index 28fdf6aeffad..00df65931eea 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/bce.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/bce.4
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Enable/Disable strict RX frame size checking (default 0).
 .It Va hw.bce.hdr_split
 Enable/Disable frame header/payload splitting (default 1).
 .It Va hw.bce.rx_pages
-Set the number of memory pages assigned to recieve packets by the driver.
+Set the number of memory pages assigned to receive packets by the driver.
 Due to alignment issues, this value can only be of the set
 1, 2, 4 or 8 (default 2).
 .It Va hw.bce.tx_pages