diff --git a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1 b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
index 7d1f93f3360d1b05fd02e27ae3436f5917bd842b..6d6e3c84e2bbedecb541138107dd2a1c9a6556fc 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ Flags\-=DAILY (NOTE: this shortcut is not supported for all flags).
 Currently supported flags include:
 .RS
 .TP 12
-\fFIRST_CORES\fR
+\fIFIRST_CORES\fR
 Use the lowest numbered cores on a node only.
 \fILICENSE_ONLY\fR
 This is a reservation for licenses only and not compute nodes.