diff --git a/src/uu/printf/printf.md b/src/uu/printf/printf.md
index 0151e14c0..8bff53edc 100644
--- a/src/uu/printf/printf.md
+++ b/src/uu/printf/printf.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Fields
 * `%g` or `%G`: shorter of specially interpreted decimal or SciNote floating point value.
             second parameter is
               `-max` places after decimal point for floating point output
-              -max number of significant digits for scientific notation output
+              `-max` number of significant digits for scientific notation output
 
 parameterizing fields