diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
index a3b65710ad55..7d13ecf11d83 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"	Written by John F. Woods <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>
 .\"
-.\"	$NetBSD: tar.1,v 1.23 2002/02/08 01:26:52 ross Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: tar.1,v 1.24 2002/08/20 15:28:11 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd August 6, 1994
 .Os
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Filter the archive through
 (which must accept
 .Fl d
 to mean
-.Do decompress Dc Ns ) .
+.Dq decompress ) .
 .It Fl -block-compress
 Block the output of compression program for tapes or floppies
 (otherwise writes will be of odd length, which device drivers may reject).