diff --git a/man/rc.8 b/man/rc.8
index 2f43840d..5808c7ef 100644
--- a/man/rc.8
+++ b/man/rc.8
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Brings up any system specific stuff such as
 .Pa /proc
 and optionally
 .Pa /sys
-for Linux based sysems. It also mounts
+for Linux based systems. It also mounts
 .Pa /lib/rc/init.d
 as a ramdisk using tmpfs where available.
 .Nm