diff --git a/share/man/man4/ukbd.4 b/share/man/man4/ukbd.4
index f7cca6438ce..a10241655c2 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ukbd.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ukbd.4
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Make the keyboards available through a character device in
 .Pa /dev .
 .Pp
 .D1 Cd options UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP
-.D1 Cd makeoptions \&"UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=fr.iso"
+.D1 Cd makeoptions UKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=fr.iso
 .Pp
 The above lines will put the French ISO keymap in the ukbd driver.
 You can specify any keymap in