diff --git a/bfd/doc/ChangeLog b/bfd/doc/ChangeLog
index d345d80982..9cc7892142 100644
--- a/bfd/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-10-08  David Taylor <dtaylor@emc.com>
+
+	* bfd.texinfo: Remove spurious backslash.
+
 2003-07-04  Josh Baratz  <baratz@intersystems.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am (MKDOC rule): Add $(CFLAGS) in case it contains
diff --git a/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo b/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo
index d6a427f620..3ed419476d 100644
--- a/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo
+++ b/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
 
 @tex
 \def\$#1${{#1}}  % Kluge: collect RCS revision info without $...$
-\xdef\manvers{\1.5}  % For use in headers, footers too
+\xdef\manvers{1.5}  % For use in headers, footers too
 {\parskip=0pt
 \hfill Free Software Foundation\par
 \hfill sac\@www.gnu.org\par