diff --git a/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 b/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
index d3676b5533ad..22e60a99ad01 100644
--- a/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
+++ b/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ user name.
 The
 .Ar group
 may be either a numeric group ID or a group name.
-Simular to the user name, 
+Similar to the user name, 
 if a group name is also a numeric group ID, the operand is used as a
 group name.
 .El