diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml
index b4e1be66d..1220304f4 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         role="bold">+</emphasis>]<emphasis>interfacelist</emphasis>[<emphasis
         role="bold">:</emphasis>[<emphasis>digit</emphasis>]][<emphasis
         role="bold">:</emphasis>[<emphasis>dest-address</emphasis>[<emphasis
-        role="bold">,</emphasis><emphasis>dest-address</emphasis>]...[<emphasis>exclusion</emphasis>]]|{?}COMMENT}</term>
+        role="bold">,</emphasis><emphasis>dest-address</emphasis>]...[<emphasis>exclusion</emphasis>]]|[?]COMMENT}</term>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>Outgoing <emphasis>interfacelist</emphasis>. This may be a