diff --git a/tests/runtests.1 b/tests/runtests.1
index ed5e8af480e6f13ad124c3a8194c8009bc18054a..a3871c0ece1978955f09630e8e40f3c49722b53b 100644
--- a/tests/runtests.1
+++ b/tests/runtests.1
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ reruns the test that number of times, each time forcing one of the allocations
 to fail until all allocs have been tested. By setting \fInum\fP you can force
 the allocation with that number to be set to fail at once instead of looping
 through everyone, which is very handy when debugging and then often in
-combination with \fI-g\-P.
+combination with \fI-g\fP.
 .IP "-v"
 Enable verbose output. Speaks more than default.
 .SH "RUNNING TESTS"