diff --git a/man1/pldd.1 b/man1/pldd.1
index f9dbad76d..adb593506 100644
--- a/man1/pldd.1
+++ b/man1/pldd.1
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ using a command such as the following
 .in +4n
 .EX
 $ \fBgdb \-ex "set confirm off" \-ex "set height 0" \-ex "info shared" \e\fP
-        \fB-ex "quit" \-p $pid | grep '^0x.*0x'\fP
+        \fB\-ex "quit" \-p $pid | grep '^0x.*0x'\fP
 .EE
 .in
 .SH BUGS