diff --git a/usr/src/man/man2/stat.2 b/usr/src/man/man2/stat.2
index ff1db973189c..df10c6eaf6a7 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man2/stat.2
+++ b/usr/src/man/man2/stat.2
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ disk. This field is not defined for block special or character special files.
 \fB\fBst_fstype\fR\fR
 .ad
 .RS 14n
-A null-teminated string that uniquely identifies the type of the filesystem
+A null-terminated string that uniquely identifies the type of the filesystem
 that contains the file.
 .RE