diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1bb6e843..89a96399 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Bug fixes:
   Fix a bug where ripgrep would mishandle globs that ended with a `.`.
 * [BUG #3108](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/3108):
   Fix a bug where `-q --files-without-match` inverted the exit code.
+* [BUG #3140](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/3140):
+  Ensure hyphens in flag names are escaped in the roff text for the man page.
 
 Feature enhancements:
 
diff --git a/crates/core/flags/defs.rs b/crates/core/flags/defs.rs
index 30f5cdc8..6e53a4fa 100644
--- a/crates/core/flags/defs.rs
+++ b/crates/core/flags/defs.rs
@@ -5576,9 +5576,9 @@ don't need preprocessing. For example, given the following shell script,
     pdftotext "$1" -
 .EE
 .sp
-then it is possible to use \fB\-\-pre\fP \fIpre-pdftotext\fP \fB--pre-glob
-'\fP\fI*.pdf\fP\fB'\fP to make it so ripgrep only executes the
-\fIpre-pdftotext\fP command on files with a \fI.pdf\fP extension.
+then it is possible to use \fB\-\-pre\fP \fIpre-pdftotext\fP
+\fB\-\-pre\-glob\fP '\fI*.pdf\fP' to make it so ripgrep only executes
+the \fIpre-pdftotext\fP command on files with a \fI.pdf\fP extension.
 .sp
 Multiple \flag{pre-glob} flags may be used. Globbing rules match
 \fBgitignore\fP globs. Precede a glob with a \fB!\fP to exclude it.
diff --git a/crates/core/flags/doc/man.rs b/crates/core/flags/doc/man.rs
index e0ed13ba..9fa35e11 100644
--- a/crates/core/flags/doc/man.rs
+++ b/crates/core/flags/doc/man.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn generate_flag(flag: &'static dyn Flag, out: &mut String) {
         write!(out, r", ");
     }
 
-    let name = flag.name_long();
+    let name = flag.name_long().replace("-", r"\-");
     write!(out, r"\fB\-\-{name}\fP");
     if let Some(var) = flag.doc_variable() {
         write!(out, r"=\fI{var}\fP");
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fn generate_flag(flag: &'static dyn Flag, out: &mut String) {
         if let Some(name) = flag.name_short() {
             write!(out, r"\-{}/", char::from(name));
         }
-        write!(out, r"\-\-{}", flag.name_long());
+        write!(out, r"\-\-{}", flag.name_long().replace("-", r"\-"));
         out.push_str(r"\fP");
     });
     // Convert \flag-negate{foo} into something nicer.