diff --git a/man/feh.pre b/man/feh.pre
index 3db4751a48e8185708008cd270970634182229ba..30f37cd63c5d23cdfcc35861ec146cf97916f9f1 100644
--- a/man/feh.pre
+++ b/man/feh.pre
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ can also be used as a background setter.  It will store the command line
 necessary to set the background in
 .Pa ~/.fehbg ,
 so to have your background restored everytime you start X, you can add
-.Qq `eval cat ~/.fehbg`
+.Qq eval `cat ~/.fehbg`
 to your X startup script
 .Pq like Pa ~/.xinitrc .
 .