diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 231e0bcc..2bafa414 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ Database Options (apply to '-D')[[QO]]
 	Mark a package as non-explicitly installed; in other words, set their install
 	reason to be installed as a dependency.
 
-*\--asexplicit<package>*::
+*\--asexplicit* <package>::
 	Mark a package as explicitly installed; in other words, set their install
 	reason to be explicitly installed. This is useful it you want to keep a
 	package installed even when it was initially installed as a dependency