diff --git a/man/man8/ss.8 b/man/man8/ss.8
index 699a1271..f138c91a 100644
--- a/man/man8/ss.8
+++ b/man/man8/ss.8
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ the congestion algorithm name, the default congestion algorithm is "cubic"
 .P
 .TP
 .B wscale:<snd_wscale>:<rcv_wscale>
-if window scale option is used, this field shows the send scale factory and receive scale factory
+if window scale option is used, this field shows the send scale factor and receive scale factor
 .P
 .TP
 .B rto:<icsk_rto>