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diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
index ae4b7bbafff..9a9957069fd 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ listed files and directories.
 @item G
 Add the file under point to the list of files that the VC should
 ignore (@code{vc-dir-ignore}).  For instance, if the VC is Git, it
-will append this file to the @samp{.gitignore} file.  If given a
+will append this file to the @file{.gitignore} file.  If given a
 prefix, do this with all the marked files.
 
 @item q