diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index b92a2bfe06d8..defcc627008a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: mail.1,v 1.18 2001/04/04 09:38:32 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: mail.1,v 1.19 2001/10/17 21:08:15 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ the current message, the search proceeds backwards, and if there are no
 good messages at all,
 .Nm
 types
-.Dq Li No applicable messages
+.Dq Li \&No applicable messages
 and
 aborts the command.
 .Bl -tag -width delete