diff --git a/bin/pax/pax.1 b/bin/pax/pax.1
index c2e1731bdba6..412094fba8e4 100644
--- a/bin/pax/pax.1
+++ b/bin/pax/pax.1
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ are not understood by
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