diff --git a/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.1in b/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.1in
index fb99ea1dc8..0f745197c5 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.1in
+++ b/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.1in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-. -*- nroff -*-
+.\" -*- nroff -*-
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 .\" Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 .\"