diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1e7e163..7dd2dfa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ clean:
 man: pinentry-dmenu.1
 	rm -f pinentry-dmenu.1
 	pandoc -s --to man pinentry-dmenu.1.md -o pinentry-dmenu.1
-	sed -i '1,2d' pinentry-dmenu.1
+	sed -i '/^.\\\"/d' pinentry-dmenu.1
 
 dist: clean
 	@echo creating dist tarball
diff --git a/pinentry-dmenu.1 b/pinentry-dmenu.1
index efd1679..6322ddf 100644
--- a/pinentry-dmenu.1
+++ b/pinentry-dmenu.1
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.\" Define V font for inline verbatim, using C font in formats
-.\" that render this, and otherwise B font.
 .ie "\f[CB]x\f[]"x" \{\
 . ftr V B
 . ftr VI BI