diff --git a/docs/startup-HOWTO.html b/docs/startup-HOWTO.html
index 0d87b17c..da917b2f 100644
--- a/docs/startup-HOWTO.html
+++ b/docs/startup-HOWTO.html
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ logs by adding date/time formats to the file name. The formats are in
 "man strftime" format. For example</p>
 
 <pre>
-     /SET autolog_path = ~/irclogs/%Y/$tag/$0.%m-%d.log
+     /SET autolog_path ~/irclogs/%Y/$tag/$0.%m-%d.log
 </pre>
 
 <p>For logging only some specific channels or nicks, see /HELP log</p>