diff --git a/doc/slicd-parser.pod b/doc/slicd-parser.pod
index 53b3064..73eee22 100644
--- a/doc/slicd-parser.pod
+++ b/doc/slicd-parser.pod
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ The time-and-date fields are, in order:
     month               1-12 (or names, see below)
     day of the week     0-6 (0=Sunday, 1=Monday, etc; or names, see below)
 
-The hour field can have its value prefixed with an exclamation point (!) to
-enable the special DST mode for the job; See B<slicd-sched>(1) for more.
+The hour field can have its value prefixed with a dollar sign ($) to enable the
+special DST mode for the job; See B<slicd-sched>(1) for more.
 
 Range of values are allowed, separating two values with a hyphen (-). The
 specified range is inclusive, and must always have the lower value first.
diff --git a/src/libslicd/slicd_add_job_from_cronline.c b/src/libslicd/slicd_add_job_from_cronline.c
index e2c7d66..e1d5d5c 100644
--- a/src/libslicd/slicd_add_job_from_cronline.c
+++ b/src/libslicd/slicd_add_job_from_cronline.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ parse_interval (slicd_job_t *job, slicd_field_t field, const char **s)
     int max = min + _slicd_fields[field].max;
     int from, to, step;
 
-    if (field == SLICD_HOURS && **s == '!')
+    if (field == SLICD_HOURS && **s == '$')
     {
         slicd_job_set_dst_special (job, 1);
         ++*s;