diff --git a/bin/xbps-dgraph/xbps-dgraph.1 b/bin/xbps-dgraph/xbps-dgraph.1
index 0c85b3ce..2fe781ca 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-dgraph/xbps-dgraph.1
+++ b/bin/xbps-dgraph/xbps-dgraph.1
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ 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 -graph-config Ar file
 Specifies a path to the graph configuration file, to modify the settings