diff --git a/minix/man/man8/usage.8 b/minix/man/man8/usage.8
index 3e7411cdc..2acb18fe3 100644
--- a/minix/man/man8/usage.8
+++ b/minix/man/man8/usage.8
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ of at least 720 kb.  Before booting you have to set the variable
 .B rootdev
 to the same value as
 .BR ramimagedev .
-This is slower then a RAM disk, but saves a lot of memory.
+This is slower than a RAM disk, but saves a lot of memory.
 .PP
 The automatic installation script knows how to handle this new situation.
 If you install manually then you have to use