the visual difference between a # comment and a root shell is subtle
diff --git a/got/got.1 b/got/got.1
index d03fcb4..c5b91e9 100644
--- a/got/got.1
+++ b/got/got.1
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ to be amended and perhaps committed again:
.Pp
.Dl $ got backout unified-buffer-cache
.Dl $ got commit -m 'roll back previous'
-.Dl # now back out the previous backout :-)
+.Dl $ # now back out the previous backout :-)
.Dl $ got backout unified-buffer-cache
.Pp
Fetch new upstream commits into the local repository's master branch.