diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
index 24c0414bf..e3557d41c 100644
--- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
+++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ and similar functions.
 Network wide list of hosts and users, used for access rules.
 C libraries before glibc 2.1 only support netgroups over NIS.
 .TP
-.B network
+.B networks
 Network names and numbers, used by
 .BR getnetent (3)
 functions.