diff --git a/man/search.cgi b/man/search.cgi
index 4f8305ffe..99bbfe2b3 100755
--- a/man/search.cgi
+++ b/man/search.cgi
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ if ($section{'man'}) {
 		if (/(([^,\s]+).*)\s*\((\S+)\)\s+-\s+(.*)/ &&
 		    !$done{$2,$3}++) {
 			local ($page, $sect, $desc) = ($1, $3, $4);
-			$page = $1 if ($page =~ /\[(.*)\]/);
+			$page = $1 if ($page =~ /\[(.+)\]/);
 			local @pp = split(/[\s+,]/, $page);
 			map { s/\((\S+)\)//; } @pp;