diff --git a/man/6500_as.6 b/man/6500_as.6
index eb2ed6eb7..9a3b03991 100644
--- a/man/6500_as.6
+++ b/man/6500_as.6
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The assembler will complain that it must be a zero page expression.
 .br
 answer: .space 1
 .br
-\&.text
+\&.sect .text
 .br
 and     (answer, x)
 .SH SYNTAX