diff --git a/share/skel/dot.shrc b/share/skel/dot.shrc
index 974db460c9c5..e56256e5bd7d 100644
--- a/share/skel/dot.shrc
+++ b/share/skel/dot.shrc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # some useful aliases
 alias h='fc -l'
 alias j=jobs
-alias m=$PAGER
+alias m="$PAGER"
 alias ll='ls -laFo'
 alias l='ls -l'
 alias g='egrep -i'