diff --git a/man/lvmpolld.8.in b/man/lvmpolld.8.in
index 5906f4299..00ee1ab75 100644
--- a/man/lvmpolld.8.in
+++ b/man/lvmpolld.8.in
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Additionally, when \-f is given they are also sent to standard error.
 There are two classes of messages: wire and debug. Selecting 'all' supplies both
 and is equivalent to a comma-separated list \-l wire,debug.
 .TP
-.BR \-p ", " \-\-pidfile \fIpidfile_path
+.BR \-p ", " \-\-pidfile " " \fIpidfile_path
 Path to the pidfile. This overrides both the built-in default
 (#DEFAULT_PID_DIR#/lvmpolld.pid) and the environment variable
 \fBLVM_LVMPOLLD_PIDFILE\fP.  This file is used to prevent more