diff --git a/login.1 b/login.1
index e69f692..ad25e9d 100644
--- a/login.1
+++ b/login.1
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 .SH NAME
 \fBlogin\fR - Log into the system
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBlogin\fR [\fB-p\fR] \fIuser\fR
+\fBlogin\fR [\fB-p\fR] \fIusername\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBlogin\fR logs the \fIuser\fR into the system.  It sets \fBHOME\fR,
+\fBlogin\fR logs the \fIusername\fR into the system.  It sets \fBHOME\fR,
 \fBSHELL\fR, \fBUSER\fR, \fBLOGNAME\fR and the \fBPATH\fR environment
 variables and invokes the login shell as specified in \fI/etc/passwd\fR.
 .SH OPTIONS