diff --git a/bin/xbps-pkgdb/xbps-pkgdb.1 b/bin/xbps-pkgdb/xbps-pkgdb.1
index 7c4d5b37..c34109d5 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-pkgdb/xbps-pkgdb.1
+++ b/bin/xbps-pkgdb/xbps-pkgdb.1
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Updates the pkgdb format to the latest version.
 Process all registered packages, regardless of its state.
 .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 d, Fl -debug
 Enables extra debugging shown to stderr.