diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
index 6f621f93a94..40b213d3361 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
@@ -8579,8 +8579,8 @@ the message-of-the-day telling users to clean up their files.
 Malek's Law:
 	Any simple idea will be worded in the most complicated way.
 %
-Man 1:	Ask me the what the most important thing about telling a good
-	joke is.
+Man 1:	Ask me.  "What is the most important thing about telling a good
+	joke?"
 
 Man 2:	OK, what is the most impo --