diff --git a/net/tcpshow/pkg/DESCR b/net/tcpshow/pkg/DESCR
index 24a9197c627..3604c8b6534 100644
--- a/net/tcpshow/pkg/DESCR
+++ b/net/tcpshow/pkg/DESCR
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ decode of Ethernet, IP, ICMP, UDP and TCP headers.  Boolean expressions
 may also be specified for packet selection.  Data within the packets are
 displayed in ASCII.
 
-tcpshow's output is simular to Sun Solaris's snoop(1M) command for
+tcpshow's output is similar to Sun Solaris's snoop(1M) command for
 network packet capture and inspection.