diff --git a/share/man/man9/getnewvnode.9 b/share/man/man9/getnewvnode.9
index 89f8bfc0aa6..d35c1a08015 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/getnewvnode.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/getnewvnode.9
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Points to the new vnode upon successful completion.
 .Fn getnewvnode
 returns 0 on success.
 .Sh BUGS
-It never return an error, instead either succeeds or blocks indefinitely.
+It never returns an error, instead either succeeds or blocks indefinitely.
 .Sh AUTHORS
 This manual page was written by
 .An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .