diff --git a/bin/ed/ed.1 b/bin/ed/ed.1
index 8342645997c9..335dbd80ac7d 100644
--- a/bin/ed/ed.1
+++ b/bin/ed/ed.1
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ It is an error if no substitutions are performed on any of the addressed
 lines.
 The current address is set the last line affected.
 .Pp
-.Ar Re
+.Ar \&Re
 and
 .Ar replacement
 may be delimited by any character other than space and newline