diff --git a/man/man8/devlink.8 b/man/man8/devlink.8
index 7f4eda56..866fda51 100644
--- a/man/man8/devlink.8
+++ b/man/man8/devlink.8
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Read commands from provided file or standard input and invoke them.
 First failure will cause termination of devlink.
 
 .TP
-.BR "\-force"
+.B \-force
 Don't terminate devlink on errors in batch mode.
 If there were any errors during execution of the commands, the application return code will be non zero.