diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 631793699377371c21baa64291d0b071ff3236f4..218505ecb8735d0ddda3d0eb662ad1848b492651 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ Currently supported versions include:
 \fBmvapich\fR,
 \fBnone\fR (default, which works for many other versions of MPI) and
 \fBopenmpi\fR.
-\fpmi2\fR,
+\fBpmi2\fR,
 More information about MPI use is available here
 <http://www.schedmd.com/slurmdocs/mpi_guide.html>.