diff --git a/bin/man b/bin/man
index 07051e19..3401738b 100755
--- a/bin/man
+++ b/bin/man
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn dohtml {
 #
 # parse flags and sections
 #
-fn usage { echo 'Usage: man [-hnpPtw] [-s sec] [0-9] [0-9] ... [--] name1 name2 ...' >[1=2] }
+fn usage { echo 'Usage: man [-hnpPtw] [0-9] [0-9] ... [--] name1 name2 ...' >[1=2] }
 cmd=donroff
 sec=()
 S=$PLAN9/man