diff --git a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 b/disk-utils/fdisk.8
index 0e0d96324..6a92ba5db 100644
--- a/disk-utils/fdisk.8
+++ b/disk-utils/fdisk.8
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ between logical and physical sector size.  This option changes both sector sizes
 .IB sectorsize .
 .TP
 \fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-protect\-boot\fP
-Don't erase the begin of the first disk sector when create a new disk label.  This
+Don't erase the beginning of the first disk sector when creating a new disk label.  This
 feature is supported for GPT and MBR.
 .TP
 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-compatibility\fR[=\fImode\fR]