diff --git a/usr.bin/split/split.1 b/usr.bin/split/split.1
index 53c95d1dd99d..a12665bb4558 100644
--- a/usr.bin/split/split.1
+++ b/usr.bin/split/split.1
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ and breaks it up into files of 1000 lines each.
 If
 .Ar file
 is a single dash
-.Pq Ql \&-
+.Pq Sq Fl
 or absent,
 .Nm
 reads from the standard input.