diff --git a/man/zip_file_add.mdoc b/man/zip_file_add.mdoc
index bef7081..6f74230 100644
--- a/man/zip_file_add.mdoc
+++ b/man/zip_file_add.mdoc
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 const char *buf="teststring";
 
 if ((s=zip_source_buffer(archive, buf, sizeof(buf), 0)) == NULL ||
-    zip_file_add(archive, name, s, ZIP_FL_ENC_UTF_8) \*[Lt] 0) {
+    zip_file_add(archive, name, s, ZIP_FL_ENC_UTF_8) < 0) {
     zip_source_free(s);
     printf("error adding file: %s\en", zip_strerror(archive));
 }
diff --git a/man/zipcmp.mdoc b/man/zipcmp.mdoc
index 464d191..5f2effe 100644
--- a/man/zipcmp.mdoc
+++ b/man/zipcmp.mdoc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Nm
 exits 0 if the two archives contain the same files, 1 if they differ,
-and \*[Gt]1 if an error occurred.
+and >1 if an error occurred.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr zipmerge 1 ,
 .Xr ziptool 1 ,
diff --git a/man/zipmerge.mdoc b/man/zipmerge.mdoc
index 4c8a1dd..47fe2eb 100644
--- a/man/zipmerge.mdoc
+++ b/man/zipmerge.mdoc
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Nm
-exits 0 on success and \*[Gt]1 if an error occurred.
+exits 0 on success and >1 if an error occurred.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr zipcmp 1 ,
 .Xr ziptool 1 ,