diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 0dbc05228..4cffd9718 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ is shown unescaped except for newline characters, which are replaced
 with an octal escape sequence.
 As a result, it is not possible to determine whether the original
 pathname contained a newline character or the literal
-.I \ee012
+.I \e012
 character sequence.
 .IP
 If the mapping is file-backed and the file has been deleted, the string