diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3dd4eb0..e384bcf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ xx/xx/2018 autofs-5.1.5
 - fix quoted string length calc in expandsunent().
 - fix autofs mount options construction.
 - mount_nfs.c fix local rdma share not mounting.
+- fix incorrect systemctl command syntax in autofs(8).
 
 19/12/2017 autofs-5.1.4
 - fix spec file url.
diff --git a/man/autofs.8.in b/man/autofs.8.in
index 9f03ead..b37f34c 100644
--- a/man/autofs.8.in
+++ b/man/autofs.8.in
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ service control reload action must be rerun to activate the changes.
 .P
 .B @@initdir@@/autofs status
 or
-.B systemctl autofs.service status
+.B systemctl status autofs.service
 will display the status of,
 .BR automount (8),
 running or not. When using the systemd init system the status output includes