diff --git a/syslog.conf.5 b/syslog.conf.5
index 10d76fe..94ea999 100644
--- a/syslog.conf.5
+++ b/syslog.conf.5
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ behavior you can exclude some priorities from the pattern.
 This 
 .BR syslogd (8)
 has a syntax extension to the original BSD source, which makes its use
-more intuitively.  You may precede every priority with an equation sign
+more intuitive.  You may precede every priority with an equation sign
 (``='') to specify that
 .B syslogd
 should only refer to this single priority and not this priority and