diff --git a/lib/libexecinfo/backtrace.3 b/lib/libexecinfo/backtrace.3
index 122c0d4ebc98..20a6d4281342 100644
--- a/lib/libexecinfo/backtrace.3
+++ b/lib/libexecinfo/backtrace.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: backtrace.3,v 1.6 2015/11/05 08:29:42 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: backtrace.3,v 1.7 2015/12/26 10:34:36 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ the /proc filesystem is available to determine the executable path.
 The difference of the symbol address and the address element printed
 using 0x%tx.
 .It Dv D
-The difference of the symbol addresss and the address element printed using
+The difference of the symbol address and the address element printed using
 +0x%tx if non-zero, or nothing if zero.
 .It Dv f
 The filename of the symbol as determined by