diff --git a/lib/libc/stdtime/strftime.3 b/lib/libc/stdtime/strftime.3
index 0ed023b2cb3a..5847a6b7267d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdtime/strftime.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdtime/strftime.3
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ function
 conforms to
 .St -isoC
 with a lot of extensions including
-.Ql %C ,
+.Ql \&%C ,
 .Ql \&%D ,
 .Ql %E* ,
 .Ql %e ,