diff --git a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8 b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
index af4074766549..0efe9892d5d7 100644
--- a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
+++ b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .Os FreeBSD
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm comcontrol
-.Nd control an special tty device.
+.Nd control a special tty device
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm comcontrol
 .Ar special_device | Fl