diff --git a/doc/hg.1.txt b/doc/hg.1.txt
--- a/doc/hg.1.txt
+++ b/doc/hg.1.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Mailing list: http://selenic.com/mailman
 
 COPYING
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-Copyright \(C) 2005-2009 Matt Mackall.
+Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Matt Mackall.
 Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
 Public License version 2.