diff --git a/share/man/man5/nandfs.5 b/share/man/man5/nandfs.5
index 9084b8986831..230989e9adf9 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/nandfs.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/nandfs.5
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ partition at the specified mount point during system boot.
 .Xr umount_nandfs 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The NAND FS concepts are based on NILFS principles and initial implementation
-was derived from early NILFS NetBSD code (read only). Since then the NAND FS
+was derived from early read-only NILFS NetBSD code. Since then the NAND FS
 code diverged significantly and is by no means compatible with NILFS.
 .Pp
 The NAND Flash file system first appeared in