diff --git a/mdwn2man b/mdwn2man
index 86a524bd6..d3db43165 100755
--- a/mdwn2man
+++ b/mdwn2man
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ my $section=shift;
 print ".TH $prog $section\n";
 
 while (<>) {
-	s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]])?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg;
+	s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]]+)?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg;
 	if (/^#\s/) {
 		s/^#\s/.SH /;
 		<>; # blank;