diff --git a/doc/texi2pod.pl b/doc/texi2pod.pl
index e1ff6b46d4..9a9b34fc15 100644
--- a/doc/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/doc/texi2pod.pl
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ sub postprocess
     # @* is also impossible in .pod; we discard it and any newline that
     # follows it.  Similarly, our macro @gol must be discarded.
 
-    s/\@anchor{(?:[^\}]*)\}//g;
+    s/\@anchor\{(?:[^\}]*)\}//g;
     s/\(?\@xref\{(?:[^\}]*)\}(?:[^.<]|(?:<[^<>]*>))*\.\)?//g;
     s/\s+\(\@pxref\{(?:[^\}]*)\}\)//g;
     s/;\s+\@pxref\{(?:[^\}]*)\}//g;