diff --git a/contrib/groff/tmac/troffrc b/contrib/groff/tmac/troffrc
index 8a6505fc1af..71475120a00 100644
--- a/contrib/groff/tmac/troffrc
+++ b/contrib/groff/tmac/troffrc
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ troffrc!X100 troffrc!X100-12 troffrc!lj4 troff!lbp troffrc!html
 .\}
 .
 .\" Disable SGR support in grotty(1).
-.if n .do nop \X'tty: sgr 0'\c
+.if n .do output "x X tty: sgr 0
 .
 .\" Don't let blank lines creep in here.