diff --git a/gmid.1 b/gmid.1
index 012d599..7e96b44 100644
--- a/gmid.1
+++ b/gmid.1
@@ -250,16 +250,16 @@ Inside
 .Ar meta ,
 the following special sequences are replaced:
 .Bl -tag -compact
-.It %%
+.It \&%\&%
 is replaced with a single
-.Sq % .
-.It %p
+.Sq \&% .
+.It \&%p
 is replaced with the request path.
-.It %q
+.It \&%q
 is replaced with the query string of the request.
-.It %P
+.It \&%P
 is replaced with the server port.
-.It %N
+.It \&%N
 is replaced with the server name.
 .El
 .It Ic strip Ar number