diff --git a/sys/lib/man/secindex b/sys/lib/man/secindex
index 2d4b7dce9..0a65d9bb5 100755
--- a/sys/lib/man/secindex
+++ b/sys/lib/man/secindex
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ for (i in [a-z0-9:]*) {
 		s/, *$//
 		ty
 		:y
-		s/ *\\*-.*//
+		s/(^| * )\\*-.*//
 		tx
 		s/ *\\\(mi.*//
 		tx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ for (i in [a-z0-9:]*) {
 	/SH *DES/q
 	d
 	:x
-	s/ *\\*-.*//
+	s/(^| * )\\*-.*//
 	s/ *\\\(mi.*//
 	/^$/d
 	s/, */\