diff --git a/share/man/man5/make.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
index c4081238aef1..b69a26634308 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ levels to a lower one.
 .Xr gcc 1
 .Fl O2
 and above is known to trigger known optimizer bugs at various
-times \(em this is worse on the Alpha platform.
+times.
 The value assigned is the highest optimization value used.
 .El
 .Ss "BUILDING DOCUMENTATION"