diff --git a/share/man/man5/os-release.5 b/share/man/man5/os-release.5
index ab56e477cf3..a16ca33112d 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/os-release.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/os-release.5
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd November 9, 2019
+.Dd November 23, 2021
 .Dt OS-RELEASE 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ A string describing the preferred OS name.
 Version string for the OS, in its usual and customary format.
 .It Dv ID
 Lower case version of the name with only a-z, 0-9,
-.Ql . ,
+.Ql \&. ,
 .Ql - ,
 and
 .Ql _ .
 .It Dv VERSION_ID
 Lower case version of the version with only a-z, 0-9,
-.Ql . ,
+.Ql \&. ,
 .Ql - ,
 and
 .Ql _ .
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ A string describing the variant of this operating system.
 This variable is optional.
 .It Dv VARIANT_ID
 Lower case version of the variant with only a-z, 0-9,
-.Ql . ,
+.Ql \&. ,
 .Ql - ,
 and
 .Ql _ .