diff --git a/contrib/texi2pod.pl b/contrib/texi2pod.pl
index 608dff42415..5fcf0a1c940 100755
--- a/contrib/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/contrib/texi2pod.pl
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ while(<$inf>) {
     s/\@TeX\{\}/TeX/g;
     s/\@pounds\{\}/\#/g;
     s/\@minus(?:\{\})?/-/g;
+    s/\@tie\{\}/ /g;
     s/\\,/,/g;
 
     # Now the ones that have to be replaced by special escapes