diff --git a/man3/strptime.3 b/man3/strptime.3
index 6a82b04f4..29366339e 100644
--- a/man3/strptime.3
+++ b/man3/strptime.3
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ to non-Americans, especially since
 .B %d/%m/%y
 is widely used in Europe.
 The ISO 8601 standard format is
-.BR %Y-%m-%d .)
+.BR %Y\-%m\-%d .)
 .TP
 .B %H
 The hour (0\(en23).
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ This leads to
 .TP
 .B %F
 Equivalent to
-.BR %Y-%m-%d ,
+.BR %Y\-%m\-%d ,
 the ISO 8601 date format.
 .TP
 .B %g