1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/woman.el b/lisp/woman.el
index 9c73a365b61..ffa0ea692ad 100644
--- a/lisp/woman.el
+++ b/lisp/woman.el
@@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@ If optional arg CONCAT is non-nil then join arguments."
           ;; otherwise match woman-request-regexp. The "\\&" which is
           ;; inserted to prevent this is removed by woman2-process-escapes.
           (and fescape
-               (looking-at "^\\.")
+               (looking-at woman-request-regexp)
                (insert "\\&"))
           (woman-set-face previous-pos (point) current-font)
           (if beg