diff --git a/lib/editline/editline.3 b/lib/editline/editline.3
index f27867b57..379c7edcc 100644
--- a/lib/editline/editline.3
+++ b/lib/editline/editline.3
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ESC\ ^H	Delete previous word (backspace key) [n]
 ESC\ DEL	Delete previous word (delete key) [n]
 ESC\ SP	Set the mark (space key); see ^X^X and ^Y above
 ESC\ \.	Get the last (or [n]'th) word from previous line
-ESC\ \?	Show possible completions; see below
+ESC\ ?	Show possible completions; see below
 ESC\ <	Move to start of history
 ESC\ >	Move to end of history
 ESC\ b	Move backward a word [n]