diff --git a/etc/shells b/etc/shells
index fe1e0294a010..a3107faec4c2 100644
--- a/etc/shells
+++ b/etc/shells
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 # List of acceptable shells for chpass(1).
-# Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using
+# ftpd(8) will not allow users to connect who are not using
 # one of these shells.
 
 /bin/sh
 /bin/csh
 /bin/tcsh