diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index 0dc02ef2..04d98dae 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -3435,7 +3435,7 @@ or
 .Ql !=
 and a colon.
 For example
-.Ql #{==,#{host},myhost}
+.Ql #{==:#{host},myhost}
 will be replaced by
 .Ql 1
 if running on