diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/vis.3 b/lib/libc/gen/vis.3
index 0b20bbdcdc9b..3dce75c5dcb8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/vis.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/vis.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: vis.3,v 1.20 2005/01/15 21:02:51 lukem Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: vis.3,v 1.21 2006/01/25 23:48:58 rillig Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ sequence; two backslashes are used to represent a real backslash,
 except
 .Dv VIS_HTTPSTYLE
 that uses
-.Ql $ .
+.Ql % .
 These are the visual formats:
 .Bl -tag -width VIS_CSTYLE
 .It (default)