diff --git a/man3/wcsncmp.3 b/man3/wcsncmp.3
index 9c12ab213..abc1cdf7b 100644
--- a/man3/wcsncmp.3
+++ b/man3/wcsncmp.3
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ greater than
 It returns an integer less than zero if at the first
 differing position
 .I i
-.RI (i
+.RI ( i
 <
 .IR n ),
 the corresponding