diff --git a/share/man/man4/sndstat.4 b/share/man/man4/sndstat.4
--- a/share/man/man4/sndstat.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/sndstat.4
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv hwbuf_blkcnt"
 .It Dv name
 Channel name.
-.It Dv parenchan
+.It Dv parentchan
 Parent channel name (e.g., in the case of virtual channels).
 .It Dv unit
 Channel unit.