diff --git a/man5/tzfile.5 b/man5/tzfile.5
index 7c129e200..b76fa717b 100644
--- a/man5/tzfile.5
+++ b/man5/tzfile.5
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ For version-3-format timezone files, the POSIX-TZ-style string may
 use two minor extensions to the POSIX TZ format, as described in
 .BR newtzset (3).
 First, the hours part of its transition times may be signed and range from
-\*-167 through 167 instead of the POSIX-required unsigned values
+\-167 through 167 instead of the POSIX-required unsigned values
 from 0 through 24.
 Second, DST is in effect all year if it starts
 January 1 at 00:00 and ends December 31 at 24:00 plus the difference