diff --git a/usr.sbin/service/service.8 b/usr.sbin/service/service.8
--- a/usr.sbin/service/service.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/service/service.8
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 		 status rcvar onestart onestop)/'
 .Ed
 .Pp
-The following programmable completion entry can be use in
+The following programmable completion entry can be used in
 .Xr bash 1
 for the names of the rc.d scripts:
 .Bd -literal -offset -ident