diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
index 9e39c86e8a..39c61e6ccc 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ at what debug-level debugging statements should be logged to the
 facility.
 The value \fIsyslog-level\fP can be set to any value or combination
 allowed by the \fB\-d\fP switch.
-Slapd logs all messages selected by \fIsyslog-leveli\fP 
+Slapd logs all messages selected by \fIsyslog-level\fP 
 at the
 .BR syslog (3)
 severity debug-level \fBDEBUG\fP,