diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/function.tex b/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
index 0318e25402..81d013b211 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
@@ -985,8 +985,8 @@ Returns a string containing the current (or working) directory.
 {\bf NB:} This function is obsolete: use \helpref{wxGetCwd}{wxgetcwd} instead.
 
 Copies the current working directory into the buffer if supplied, or
-copies the working directory into new storage (which you must delete yourself)
-if the buffer is NULL.
+copies the working directory into new storage (which you {\emph must} delete
+yourself) if the buffer is NULL.
 
 {\it sz} is the size of the buffer if supplied.