diff --git a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8
index 9e38e929ea86..8b444a731cbb 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ per measurement cycle.
 Display total statstics for a given time period, rather than average
 statistics for each second during that time period.
 .It Fl K
-In the blocks transfered display (-o), display block count in kilobytes rather
+In the blocks transferred display (-o), display block count in kilobytes rather
 then the device native block size.
 .It Fl M
 Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core