diff --git a/man/remind.1 b/man/remind.1
index 733f7edd..c9eb18fa 100644
--- a/man/remind.1
+++ b/man/remind.1
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ otherwise.
 .PP
 Operators of equal precedence are \fIalways\fR evaluated from left
 to right, except where parentheses dictate otherwise.  This is important,
-because the enhanced "+" and "\-" operators are not necessarily associative.
+because the enhanced "+" operator is not necessarily associative.
 For example:
 .PP
 .nf