diff --git a/man7/mq_overview.7 b/man7/mq_overview.7
index fc229fbde..f48fb708c 100644
--- a/man7/mq_overview.7
+++ b/man7/mq_overview.7
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Each message has an associated
 and messages are always delivered to the receiving process
 highest priority first.
 Message priorities range from 0 (low) to
-.I sysconf(_SC_MQ_PRIO_MAX)\ -\ 1
+.I sysconf(_SC_MQ_PRIO_MAX)\ \-\ 1
 (high).
 On Linux,
 .I sysconf(_SC_MQ_PRIO_MAX)