diff --git a/syntax_checkers/efm_perl.pl b/syntax_checkers/efm_perl.pl
index 4b1c0857..a93ce343 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/efm_perl.pl
+++ b/syntax_checkers/efm_perl.pl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use warnings
 # vimparse.pl - Reformats the error messages of the Perl interpreter for use
 # with the quickfix mode of Vim
 #
-# Copyright (�) 2001 by J�rg Ziefle <joerg.ziefle@gmx.de>
+# Copyright (c) 2001 by Jörg Ziefle <joerg.ziefle@gmx.de>
 # Copyright (c) 2012 Eric Harmon <http://eharmon.net>
 # You may use and distribute this software under the same terms as Perl itself.
 #