diff --git a/lib/libc/regex/re_format.7 b/lib/libc/regex/re_format.7
index ef28a51b41b2..b6fb9de0cba7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/regex/re_format.7
+++ b/lib/libc/regex/re_format.7
@@ -463,9 +463,7 @@ They are also somewhat vaguely defined
 (does
 .Ql a\e(\e(b\e)*\e2\e)*d
 match
-.Ql abbbd Ns Xo
-?).
-.Xc
+.Ql abbbd ? ) .
 Avoid using them.
 .Pp
 .St -p1003.2