diff --git a/man5/services.5 b/man5/services.5
index b15c4f4ab..8fba47ffa 100644
--- a/man5/services.5
+++ b/man5/services.5
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ number and
 .I protocol
 name can in fact be either a slash or a comma (,).
 Use of the comma in
-modern installations is depreciated.
+modern installations is deprecated.
 
 This file might be distributed over a network using a network-wide
 naming service like Yellow Pages/NIS or BIND/Hesiod.