diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index 832065251ac7..715b5aa1ba6c 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.117 2019/07/04 02:45:45 ozaki-r Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.118 2019/07/04 13:55:31 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ key.
 .Pq IEEE 802.11 devices only
 Enable WEP encryption for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces
 with the persistent key written in the network card.
-.It Cm nwkey Cm persist: Ns Ar key
+.It Cm nwkey Cm persist : Ns Ar key
 .Pq IEEE 802.11 devices only
 Write the
 .Ar key