diff --git a/etc/mail/mailer.conf b/etc/mail/mailer.conf
index 7947855fd2f..f86403a9a68 100644
--- a/etc/mail/mailer.conf
+++ b/etc/mail/mailer.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Execute the "real" sendmail program, named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
 #
-# If dma(8) is installed, an example mailer.conf that uses dma(8) instead can
+# If dma(8) is installed, an example mailer.conf that uses dma(8) instead
 # can be found in /usr/share/examples/dma.
 #
 sendmail	/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail