diff --git a/share/man/man5/fstab.5 b/share/man/man5/fstab.5
index 9ba6e8a877cd..e08c43e0879a 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/fstab.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/fstab.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: fstab.5,v 1.19 2000/11/07 07:20:47 lukem Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: fstab.5,v 1.20 2000/11/08 00:10:46 lukem Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1989, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ sequentially iterate through
 .Nm
 doing their respective tasks.
 .Pp
-Each line in
+Each configuration line/record in
 .Nm
 has the format:
 .Dl special mountpoint type options frequency pass