diff --git a/man/man5/zfs-module-parameters.5 b/man/man5/zfs-module-parameters.5
index 7a195ab126..fe58e6e599 100644
--- a/man/man5/zfs-module-parameters.5
+++ b/man/man5/zfs-module-parameters.5
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ Default value: \fB1,000\fR.
 To preserve progress across reboots the sequential scan algorithm periodically
 needs to stop metadata scanning and issue all the verifications I/Os to disk.
 The frequency of this flushing is determined by the
-\fBfBzfs_scan_checkpoint_intval\fR tunable.
+\fBzfs_scan_checkpoint_intval\fR tunable.
 .sp
 Default value: \fB7200\fR seconds (every 2 hours).
 .RE