diff --git a/share/man/man9/g_geom.9 b/share/man/man9/g_geom.9
index c5b0c0aded2..99d0ba074e8 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/g_geom.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/g_geom.9
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function is very similar to
 .Fn g_new_geomf
 except that it accepts a regular string instead of a
 .Xr printf 3 Ns
--like format strng as the geom's name.
+-like format string as the geom's name.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn g_destroy_geom