diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
index b072db7e850..cee33d5d8ab 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Second example.
 .El
 .Pp
 The above value are defined in
-.Aq example.h
+.Aq Pa example.h
 as follows:
 .Bd -literal
 #define EXAMPLE_ONE  1