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diff --git a/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1 b/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1
index 08a4d33403b3..78308b397a1d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ including one based on the internal template resulting from the
.Fl t
flag.
.Pp
-.Nm Mktemp
-is provided to allow shell scripts to safely use temporary files.
+The
+.Nm
+utility is provided to allow shell scripts to safely use temporary files.
Traditionally, many shell scripts take the name of the program with
the pid as a suffix and use that as a temporary file name. This
kind of naming scheme is predictable and the race condition it creates