diff --git a/ncat/docs/ncat.xml b/ncat/docs/ncat.xml
index 4c2206565e..47647c3d66 100644
--- a/ncat/docs/ncat.xml
+++ b/ncat/docs/ncat.xml
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@
         </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>If this option is passed, Ncat will not invoke shutdown on a
-          socket aftering seeing EOF on stdin. This is provided for
+          socket after seeing EOF on stdin. This is provided for
           backward-compatibility with OpenBSD netcat, which exhibits this
           behavior when executed with its '-d' option.</para>
         </listitem>