diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
index e0398af7..e687e05c 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Options
 	For each source file in the source array of PKGBUILD, download the file
 	if required and perform the integrity checks. No extraction or build is
 	performed. Dependencies specified in the PKGBUILD will not be handled
-	unless `--syndeps` is used. Useful for performing subsequent offline
+	unless `--syncdeps` is used. Useful for performing subsequent offline
 	builds.
 
 *-f, \--force*::