diff --git a/src/bin/dbutil/b10-dbutil.xml b/src/bin/dbutil/b10-dbutil.xml
index e3f75958fb..8178ac8451 100644
--- a/src/bin/dbutil/b10-dbutil.xml
+++ b/src/bin/dbutil/b10-dbutil.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
         </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Enable verbose mode.  Each SQL command issued by the
-          utility will be printed to before it is executed.</para>
+          utility will be printed to stdout before it is executed.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>