diff --git a/man/man8/zpool.8 b/man/man8/zpool.8
index e644f7e6a2..6b97c4b0ed 100644
--- a/man/man8/zpool.8
+++ b/man/man8/zpool.8
@@ -2734,8 +2734,8 @@ option in
 .Bl -tag -width "ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_GUID"
 .It Ev ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_GUID
 Cause
-.Nm zpool subcommands to output vdev guids by default.  This behavior
-is identical to the
+.Nm zpool
+subcommands to output vdev guids by default.  This behavior is identical to the
 .Nm zpool status -g
 command line option.
 .El