diff --git a/usr.sbin/service/service.8 b/usr.sbin/service/service.8
index 329bcb823f1d..c8e7f84c69de 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/service/service.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/service/service.8
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ complete service 'c/-/(e l r v)/' 'p/1/`service -l`/' \e
 		 status rcvar onestart onestop)/'
 .Ed
 .Pp
-The following programmable completion entry can be use in
+The following programmable completion entry can be used in
 .Xr bash 1
 for the names of the rc.d scripts:
 .Bd -literal -offset -ident