diff --git a/src/tool_getparam.c b/src/tool_getparam.c
index 7f68b2852d4c07e5de9b4f72331ba41d4fd5b410..121afc44d71f158d77079c387214a97065aab18a 100644
--- a/src/tool_getparam.c
+++ b/src/tool_getparam.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static const struct LongShort aliases[]= {
   {"$v", "ssl-reqd",                 FALSE},
          /* 'ssl-reqd' new in 7.20.0, previously this was ftp-ssl-reqd */
   {"$w", "sessionid",                FALSE},
-         /* ¡sessionid' listed as --no-sessionid in the help */
+         /* 'sessionid' listed as --no-sessionid in the help */
   {"$x", "ftp-ssl-control",          FALSE},
   {"$y", "ftp-ssl-ccc",              FALSE},
   {"$j", "ftp-ssl-ccc-mode",         TRUE},