diff --git a/bin/cat/cat.1 b/bin/cat/cat.1
index 740734ab763e..f0e6b09832e1 100644
--- a/bin/cat/cat.1
+++ b/bin/cat/cat.1
@@ -186,7 +186,5 @@ It appears to have been
 .Sh BUGS
 Because of the shell language mechanism used to perform output
 redirection, the command
-.Ic cat file1 file2 > file1
-will cause the original data in
-.Ar file1
-to be destroyed!
+.Dq Li cat file1 file2 > file1
+will cause the original data in file1 to be destroyed!