diff --git a/sftp.1 b/sftp.1
index 9809bec..c5e3050 100644
--- a/sftp.1
+++ b/sftp.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.95 2013/10/17 00:30:13 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.96 2013/10/17 07:35:48 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
 .Fl f
 flag is specified, then
 .Xr fsync 2
-will ba called after the file transfer has completed to flush the file
+will be called after the file transfer has completed to flush the file
 to disk.
 .Pp
 If either the