diff --git a/sbin/dmctl/dmctl.8 b/sbin/dmctl/dmctl.8
index 1bfde6f73717..b897f657f43f 100644
--- a/sbin/dmctl/dmctl.8
+++ b/sbin/dmctl/dmctl.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $NetBSD: dmctl.8,v 1.4 2016/09/11 02:18:52 sevan Exp $
+.\"     $NetBSD: dmctl.8,v 1.5 2017/06/04 08:34:34 abhinav Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2004,2009 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ It can send and receive information and commands from the dm driver.
 .It Li remove Ta Remove device with [dm device name].
 .It Li resume Ta Resume IO on dm device [dm device name].
 .It Li suspend Ta Suspend IO on dm device [dm device name].
-.It Li deps Ta Print physical dependiences for dm device [dm device name].
+.It Li deps Ta Print physical dependencies for dm device [dm device name].
 .It Li reload Ta Switch active and passive tables for [dm device name].
 .It Li status Ta Print status for device with [dm device name].
 .It Li table Ta Print active table for device with [dm device name].