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diff --git a/include/manconfig.h b/include/manconfig.h
index 0baa4412..4f2caea5 100644
--- a/include/manconfig.h
+++ b/include/manconfig.h
@@ -105,11 +105,14 @@
* (R)aw control chars (but keep track of screen appearance)
* (m)ore display style
*
+ * The --use-backslash option allows escaping dollar signs safely in
+ * prompts, though requires less >= 457 (released in 2012).
+ *
* If you change this, be sure to match the format with
* man.c:make_display_command().
*/
-#define LESS_OPTS "-ix8RmPm%s$PM%s$"
+#define LESS_OPTS "--use-backslash -ix8RmPm%s$PM%s$"
/* This is a minimal latin1 special characters to ascii translation table */
#if !defined(TR_SET1) || !defined(TR_SET2)