diff --git a/man8/zdump.8 b/man8/zdump.8
index a1afec54d..57900311c 100644
--- a/man8/zdump.8
+++ b/man8/zdump.8
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ named on the command line.
 Output version information and exit.
 .TP
 .B \-\-help
-Output short usage and exit.
+Output short usage message and exit.
 .TP
 .B \-v
 For each