diff --git a/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/xntpdc.8 b/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/xntpdc.8
index 739eeced707e..e7ec93b6d7e8 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/xntpdc.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/xntpdc.8
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ server. These are described following.
 .B ?
 [
 .I command_keyword
-}
+]
 .PP
 A \*(L"?\*(R" by itself will print a list of all the command keywords
 known to this incarnation of