diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8 b/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8
index 051ca05d85e5..eaef0548e209 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ to
 .Ar value .
 .It Fl P
 Force the guest virtual CPU to exit when a PAUSE instruction is detected.
-.It Fl p Ar vcpu:hostcpu
+.It Fl p Ar vcpu Ns Cm \& : Ns Ar hostcpu
 Pin guest's virtual CPU
 .Em vcpu
 to