diff --git a/contrib/telnet/telnet/telnet.1 b/contrib/telnet/telnet/telnet.1
index b7004ee94a5d..4dd7d674735b 100644
--- a/contrib/telnet/telnet/telnet.1
+++ b/contrib/telnet/telnet/telnet.1
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ The host specification may be either a host name (see
 .Xr hosts 5 ) ,
 an Internet address specified in the \*(Lqdot notation\*(Rq (see
 .Xr inet 3 ) ,
-or IPv6 host name or IPv6 coloned-hexadecimal addreess.
+or IPv6 host name or IPv6 coloned-hexadecimal address.
 The
 .Fl l
 option may be used to specify the user name