diff --git a/appl/ftp/ftp/ftp.1 b/appl/ftp/ftp/ftp.1
index edee1826a..35feaef88 100644
--- a/appl/ftp/ftp/ftp.1
+++ b/appl/ftp/ftp/ftp.1
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ from the user.
 When
 .Nm ftp
 is awaiting commands from the user the prompt
-.Ql ftp>
+.Ql ftp\*[Gt]
 is provided to the user.
 The following commands are recognized
 by
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ When debugging is on,
 .Nm ftp
 prints each command sent to the remote machine, preceded
 by the string
-.Ql \-\->
+.Ql \-\-\*[Gt]
 .It Xo
 .Ic dir
 .Op Ar remote-directory
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ the output filename "myfile.data" for input filenames "myfile.data" and
 "myfile.myfile" for the input filename ".myfile".
 Spaces may be included in
 .Ar outpattern  ,
-as in the example: `nmap $1 sed "s/  *$//" > $1' .
+as in the example: `nmap $1 sed "s/  *$//" \*[Gt] $1' .
 Use the `\e' character to prevent special treatment
 of the `$','[','[', and `,' characters.
 .It Ic ntrans Op Ar inchars Op Ar outchars
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ processing.
 If the remote server does not support the
 .Dv ABOR
 command, an
-.Ql ftp>
+.Ql ftp\*[Gt]
 prompt will not appear until the remote server has completed
 sending the requested file.
 .Pp