diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
index 863e802a0d..de32b98fcc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ Building everything..
 	      </listitem>
 	      
 	      <listitem>
-		<para>Pass the <option>-j&lt;n&gt;</option> option to &man.make.1; to
+		<para>Pass the <option>-j<replaceable>n</replaceable></option> option to &man.make.1; to
 		  run multiple processes in parallel.  This usually helps 
 		  regardless of whether you have a single or a multi processor
 		  machine.</para>