diff --git a/share/man/man5/device.hints.5 b/share/man/man5/device.hints.5
index 3bfe2d498d16..dceaa2fdc0dd 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/device.hints.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/device.hints.5
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ hint.sio.0.irq="4"
 
 The following example disables the ACPI driver
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-hint.acpi.0.disable="1"
+hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
 .Ed
 .\" .Pp
 .\" A control variable may look like: