diff --git a/usr.sbin/mrouted/mrouted.8 b/usr.sbin/mrouted/mrouted.8
index 8f2b7979abc..695ae6429f9 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/mrouted/mrouted.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/mrouted/mrouted.8
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ invoking terminal and responsive to signals from that terminal.
 Regardless of the debug level,
 .Nm
 always writes warning and error messages to the system
-log demon.  The
+log daemon.  The
 .Fl debug-level
 argument is a comma-separated list of any of the following:
 .Bl -tag -width indent