diff --git a/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1 b/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
index da174f24a3b..6d373cf3de4 100644
--- a/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
+++ b/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ to not generate them in batch, but one at a time.
 .It Fl r
 This option controls creation of random UUID (version 4).
 .It Fl c
-This options controls creation of compact UUID (without hyphen).
+This option controls creation of compact UUID (without hyphen).
 .It Fl n
 This option controls the number of identifiers generated.
 By default, multiple identifiers are generated in batch.