diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index c11033826..1864bf0c8 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-06-13  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* texi2pod.pl: Escape curly braces, whilst searching for keyword
+	strong.
+
 2016-03-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* texi2pod.pl: Add TARGET to the list of recognised man page
diff --git a/etc/texi2pod.pl b/etc/texi2pod.pl
index dd3e181db..0f465b7c7 100644
--- a/etc/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/etc/texi2pod.pl
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ while(<$inf>) {
 	@columns = ();
 	for $column (split (/\s*\@tab\s*/, $1)) {
 	    # @strong{...} is used a @headitem work-alike
-	    $column =~ s/^\@strong{(.*)}$/$1/;
+	    $column =~ s/^\@strong\{(.*)\}$/$1/;
 	    push @columns, $column;
 	}
 	$_ = "\n=item ".join (" : ", @columns)."\n";