diff --git a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
index 62ba13c86c48..1b008acfd27c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
+++ b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ by
 and later completely rewritten to use the
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+.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org .
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