diff --git a/hledger-lib/doc/hledger_journal.5.m4.md b/hledger-lib/doc/hledger_journal.5.m4.md
index 56b8e52d8..1ec0007d7 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/doc/hledger_journal.5.m4.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/doc/hledger_journal.5.m4.md
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ The commodity and display format will be applied to all subsequent commodity-les
 D $1,000.00
 
 1/1
-  a     5    # <- commodity-less amount, becomes $1
+  a     5    ; <- commodity-less amount, becomes $1
   b
 ```