diff --git a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
index f127a7b94a..ed4ec28534 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
@@ -724,6 +724,6 @@ (define-public lchat
       (synopsis "Line chat is a frontend for the irc client ii from suckless")
       (description
        "Lchat (line chat) is the little and small brother of cii.
-It is a front end for ii-like chat programs.  It uses tail(1) -f to get the
-chat output in background.")
+It is a front end for ii-like chat programs.  It uses @code{tail -f} to get the
+chat output in the background.")
       (license license:isc))))