diff --git a/changes/bug4309 b/changes/bug4309
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4f910e7ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug4309
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - Remove a confusing dollar sign from the example fingerprint in the
+      man page, and also make example fingerprint a valid one. Fixes bug
+      4309; bugfix on 0.2.1.3-alpha.
+
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 9ff19e76ab..703cc82e25 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
     A list of identity fingerprints, nicknames, country codes and address
     patterns of nodes to avoid when building a circuit.
     (Example:
-    ExcludeNodes SlowServer, $    EFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, \{cc}, 255.254.0.0/8) +
+    ExcludeNodes SlowServer, ABCD1234CDEF5678ABCD1234CDEF5678ABCD1234, \{cc}, 255.254.0.0/8) +
  +
     By default, this option is treated as a preference that Tor is allowed
     to override in order to keep working.