diff --git a/cmarkdown.1 b/cmarkdown.1
index c9e2b65..066351e 100644
--- a/cmarkdown.1
+++ b/cmarkdown.1
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ prints version information to standard error, then exits.
 prints usage information to standard error, then exits.
 .TP
 .B \-n
-escape all html Tags.
+escapes all HTML Tags.
 .SH BUGS
 Markdown may never be fully supported.