diff --git a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
index ea3cc22e2d00..f1a2eebaf222 100644
--- a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
+++ b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
@@ -339,5 +339,5 @@ will be truncated at the \e000 character.
 .Pp
 Multibyte characters are not recognized in format strings (this is only
 a problem if
-.Dq Li %
-can appear inside a multibyte character.)
+.Ql %
+can appear inside a multibyte character).