diff --git a/share/man/man9/timeout.9 b/share/man/man9/timeout.9
index 344ac81ce504..178250caefcf 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/timeout.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/timeout.9
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ The following
 .Fa flags
 may be specified:
 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv C_DIRECT_EXEC"
-.It Dv C_ALSOLUTE
+.It Dv C_ABSOLUTE
 Handle the
 .Fa sbt
 argument as absolute time of the event since boot, or relative time otherwise.