diff --git a/cpumf/man/lscpumf.8 b/cpumf/man/lscpumf.8
index 6c66cf7f..6fc303e5 100644
--- a/cpumf/man/lscpumf.8
+++ b/cpumf/man/lscpumf.8
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ counters for which the LPAR is not authorized. For counter measurements with
 the perf program, the raw event identifier is displayed.
 For Linux version 5.5 and later, the raw event identifier is
 displayed as <type>:<number>, where type is an integer that the kernel
-assignes to the CPU Measurement counter facility device driver.
+assigns to the CPU Measurement counter facility device driver.
 For earlier Linux versions the raw event identifier is displayed as r<number>.
 .
 .TP