diff --git a/contrib/bind/doc/man/nslookup.8 b/contrib/bind/doc/man/nslookup.8
index 5ba185009f50..439d480d0016 100644
--- a/contrib/bind/doc/man/nslookup.8
+++ b/contrib/bind/doc/man/nslookup.8
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ or type
 The command line length must be less than 256 characters.
 To treat a built-in command as a host name, 
 precede it with an escape character 
-.Pq .&\\ . 
-.Sy N.B.:  An unrecognized command will be interpreted as a host name.
+.Pq \e 
+.Sy N.B.:
+An unrecognized command will be interpreted as a host name.
 .Bl -tag -width "lserver" 
 .It Ar host Op Ar server
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