diff --git a/man/rc-update.8 b/man/rc-update.8
index 524e2d3f..4cabcd87 100644
--- a/man/rc-update.8
+++ b/man/rc-update.8
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ runlevels to show, then only those will be included in the output.
 Show all services.
 .It Fl u , -update
 Forces an update of the dependency tree cache.
-This may be needed in the even of clock skew (a file in /etc is newer than the
+This may be needed in the event of clock skew (a file in /etc is newer than the
 system clock).
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