diff --git a/doc/latex/rfc822.tex b/doc/latex/rfc822.tex
index 3027e50..8a8f57f 100644
--- a/doc/latex/rfc822.tex
+++ b/doc/latex/rfc822.tex
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ the empty string or the two-char string \ex{cr}/\ex{lf} (or the EOF object).
     using \ex{eq?}. When printing these field names out, it looks best
     if you capitalize them with \ex{(capitalize\=string (symbol->string field\=name))}.
     
-  \item{var{body}} List of strings which are the field's body, e.g.
+  \item{\var{body}} List of strings which are the field's body, e.g.
     (``shivers\discretionary{@}{}{@}lcs.mit.edu''). Each list element is one line from
     the field's body, so if the field spreads out over three lines,
     then the body is a list of three strings. The terminating