diff --git a/man3/sigpause.3 b/man3/sigpause.3
index dbc10de12..d70bacf47 100644
--- a/man3/sigpause.3
+++ b/man3/sigpause.3
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ T{
 .\" marking in glibc manual is more detailed.
 .\" sigpause: MT-Unsafe race:sigprocmask/!bsd!linux
 .\" glibc manual says /!linux!bsd indicate the preceding marker only applies
-./" when the underlying kernel is neither Linux nor a BSD kernel.
+.\" when the underlying kernel is neither Linux nor a BSD kernel.
 .\" So, it is safety in Linux kernel.
 T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
 .TE