diff --git a/channels/chan_zap.c b/channels/chan_zap.c
index 3aa200f742..e5e28e55c1 100644
--- a/channels/chan_zap.c
+++ b/channels/chan_zap.c
@@ -7482,7 +7482,7 @@ static unsigned int parse_pointcode(char *pcstring)
 	unsigned int code1, code2, code3;
 	int numvals;
 
-	numvals = sscanf(pcstring, "%d.%d.%d", &code1, &code2, &code3);
+	numvals = sscanf(pcstring, "%d-%d-%d", &code1, &code2, &code3);
 	if (numvals == 1)
 		return code1;
 	if (numvals == 3)
diff --git a/configs/zapata.conf.sample b/configs/zapata.conf.sample
index b997cbbae1..cdec2940f3 100644
--- a/configs/zapata.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/zapata.conf.sample
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ immediate=no
 
 ; Point code of the linkset.  For ITU, this is the decimal number
 ; format of the point code.  For ANSI, this can either be in decimal
-; number format or in the xxx.xxx.xxx format
+; number format or in the xxx-xxx-xxx format
 ;pointcode = 1
 
 ; Point code of node adjacent to this signaling link (Possibly the STP between you and