diff --git a/share/man/man4/vlan.4 b/share/man/man4/vlan.4
index 622620dc60f6..5ae466e1ccf6 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vlan.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vlan.4
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Initially
 .Nm
 assumes the same minimum length for tagged and untagged frames.
 This mode is selected by the
-.Xr sysctl(8)
+.Xr sysctl 8
 variable
 .Va net.link.vlan.soft_pad
 set to 0 (default).