diff --git a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
index 0bd45ef37d84..3b711dc17cf0 100644
--- a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
+++ b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: printf.1,v 1.34 2020/06/26 22:05:05 uwe Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: printf.1,v 1.35 2020/06/29 22:50:11 uwe Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -473,4 +473,4 @@ invocation uses the octal string as part of a format.
 For example, the following command outputs the character whose code
 is 0x0a, which is a newline in ASCII:
 .Pp
-.Dl printf $(printf \(aq\e\e%o\(aq 0x0a)
+.Dl printf \*q$(printf \(aq\e\e%o\(aq 0x0a)\*q