diff --git a/doc/variable.html b/doc/variable.html
index c59bc68e1e..02c60ce489 100644
--- a/doc/variable.html
+++ b/doc/variable.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ variable b1 equal "x[234] + 0.5*vol"
 variable b equal xcm(mol1,x)/2.0
 variable b equal c_myTemp
 variable b atom x<B></B>*y<B></B>/vol
-variable temp world 300.0 310.0 320.0 $<I>Tfinal</I>
+variable temp world 300.0 310.0 320.0 ${Tfinal}
 variable x universe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
 variable x uloop 15 
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diff --git a/doc/variable.txt b/doc/variable.txt
index 112e29eda6..b77f79beab 100644
--- a/doc/variable.txt
+++ b/doc/variable.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ variable b1 equal "x\[234\] + 0.5*vol"
 variable b equal xcm(mol1,x)/2.0
 variable b equal c_myTemp
 variable b atom x[]*y[]/vol
-variable temp world 300.0 310.0 320.0 ${Tfinal}
+variable temp world 300.0 310.0 320.0 $\{Tfinal\}
 variable x universe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
 variable x uloop 15 :pre