diff --git a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1 b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
index 363b8e8d58b6c624976f7e2a8e7fc71369afdd7f..4b5cff45108e3e50e6d3e194531015164402966d 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ NOTE: The "show" command, when used with the "job" or "job <jobid>"
 entity displays detailed information about a job or jobs.  Much of
 this information may be modified using the "update job" command as
 described above.  However, the following fields displayed by the show
-job command are read-only and cannot be modified:
+job command are read\-only and cannot be modified:
 
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