diff --git a/deluge/docs/man/deluged.1 b/deluge/docs/man/deluged.1
index 45bf76bb3..d37d20c12 100644
--- a/deluge/docs/man/deluged.1
+++ b/deluge/docs/man/deluged.1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ deluged - a bittorrent client daemon
 Deluge utilizes a client/server model, with 'deluged' being the daemon process and 'deluge' being used to launch a user-interface.
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-By default, 'deluged' will run as a daemon, to prevent this you can run deluged with the -d option.  This option is useful for running deluged with the start-stop-daemon.
+By default, 'deluged' will run as a daemon, to prevent this you can run deluged with the \-d option.  This option is useful for running deluged with the start-stop-daemon.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
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