diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slurmctld.8 b/doc/man/man8/slurmctld.8
index 5955c7d6b3e22866fafdb8b9b1c1147153951d0a..05fc71a47cd3ca93efac7aca63bbb49d3f5cb5b0 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slurmctld.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slurmctld.8
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Help; print a brief summary of command options.
 Write log messages to the specified file.
 .TP
 \fB\-v\fR
-Verbose operation. Multiple \fB-\v\fR's increase verbosity.
+Verbose operation. Multiple \fB\-v\fR's increase verbosity.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR
 Print version information and exit.