diff --git a/man/ebrowse.texi b/man/ebrowse.texi
index b6dae021766..230c3705409 100644
--- a/man/ebrowse.texi
+++ b/man/ebrowse.texi
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ where @var{NAME} is the Lisp data base name you are using.
 @item --append
 By default, each run of @command{ebrowse} erases the old contents of the
 output file when writing to it.  You can instruct @command{ebrowse} to
-append its output to an existing file produced by @command[ebrowse}
+append its output to an existing file produced by @command{ebrowse}
 with this command line option.
 @end table