diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index 280ea534555..1f25bb83358 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -3322,7 +3322,7 @@ if you need to remove the remapping later.
 @end example
 
 Note that face remapping does not work reliably parent faces of
-@dnf{basic faces}.  (These are the faces that are used in mode lines,
+@dfn{basic faces}.  (These are the faces that are used in mode lines,
 header lines and the like.)  For instance, @code{mode-line-inactive}
 inherits from @code{mode-line}, but remapping @code{mode-line} won't
 normally have the desired effect on @code{mode-line-inactive}.