diff --git a/man/i3.man b/man/i3.man
index 037827fc..4f0c3fe4 100644
--- a/man/i3.man
+++ b/man/i3.man
@@ -214,16 +214,16 @@ xset -b
 # Enforce correct locales from the beginning
 unset LC_COLLATE
 export LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
-export LC_TIME=de_DE.ISO8859-15
-export LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.ISO8859-15
-export LC_MONETARY=de_DE.ISO8859-15
+export LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
+export LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
+export LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
 export LC_MESSAGES=C
-export LC_PAPER=de_DE.ISO8859-15
-export LC_NAME=de_DE.ISO8859-15
-export LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.ISO8859-15
-export LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.ISO8859-15
-export LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.ISO8859-15
-export LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.ISO8859-15
+export LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
+export LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
+export LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
+export LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
+export LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
+export LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
 
 # Enable core dumps in case something goes wrong
 ulimit -c unlimited