diff --git a/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
index b1b0329eba99..a992440337f1 100644
--- a/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
+++ b/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.27 2003/02/25 10:35:49 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.28 2003/03/15 19:18:41 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 Andrew Doran <ad@NetBSD.org>
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ and
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 Optional time fields default to midnight.
-The ranges for day and hour secifications are:
+The ranges for day and hour specifications are:
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