diff --git a/usr.bin/shar/shar.1 b/usr.bin/shar/shar.1
index 9bf6d9ef1897..9a5fe4bb8b2e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/shar/shar.1
+++ b/usr.bin/shar/shar.1
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ makes no provisions for special types of files or files containing
 magic characters.
 .Nm Shar
 cannot handle files without a newline ('\\n')
-as last character.
+as the last character.
 .Pp
 It is easy to insert trojan horses into
 .Nm shar