--- a/recode/doc/recode.texi
+++ b/recode/doc/recode.texi
@@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@ depending on aimed HTML standard level.  It also can, of course, convert
 between HTML and various other charsets.
 
 Here is a list of those HTML variants which @code{recode} supports.
-Some notes have been provided by François Yergeau @email{yergeau@@alis.com}.
+Some notes have been provided by Fran@,{c}ois Yergeau @email{yergeau@@alis.com}.
 
 @table @code
 @item XML-standalone