diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.1 b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.1
index 0d9c222f..38290f4b 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.1
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.1
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ The first repository matching the package expression wins.
 .Bl -tag -width -x
 .It Fl C, Fl -config Ar dir
 Specifies a path to the XBPS configuration directory.
-If the first character is not '\/' then it's a relative path of
+If the first character is not '/' then it's a relative path of
 .Ar rootdir .
 .It Fl c, Fl -cachedir Ar dir
 Specifies a path to the cache directory, where binary packages are stored.
-If the first character is not '\/' then it's a relative path of
+If the first character is not '/' then it's a relative path of
 .Ar rootdir .
 .It Fl d, Fl -debug
 Enables extra debugging shown to stderr.