diff --git a/doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod b/doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod
index bd2e95590..542fd1579 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ An IA5String explicitly tagged using APPLICATION tagging:
 
 A BITSTRING with bits 1 and 5 set and all others zero:
 
- FORMAT=BITLIST,BITSTRING:1,5
+ FORMAT:BITLIST,BITSTRING:1,5
 
 A more complex example using a config file to produce a
 SEQUENCE consiting of a BOOL an OID and a UTF8String: