diff --git a/usr.bin/db/db.1 b/usr.bin/db/db.1
index 6a2529c6656a..90c9d95d0ef7 100644
--- a/usr.bin/db/db.1
+++ b/usr.bin/db/db.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" 	$NetBSD: db.1,v 1.26 2012/02/17 11:18:55 apb Exp $
+.\" 	$NetBSD: db.1,v 1.27 2012/02/17 11:43:24 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2002-2009,2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd January 28, 2009
+.Dd February 17, 2012
 .Dt DB 1
 .Os
 .
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ adds a NUL terminator to any keys and values specified on the
 command line or in the input file,
 before searching or modifying the underlying database,
 and removes the last byte (which is usually a NUL terminator)
-before printing any keys and values retreived from the
+before printing any keys and values retrieved from the
 underlying database.
 With the
 .Fl N