diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
index 1b5032846e..f3294e165b 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ using this filter "cn=*abcdefgh*" would generate index lookups for
 .LP
 Note: Indexing support depends on the particular backend in use. Also,
 changing these settings will generally require deleting any indices that
-depend on these parameters and recreating them with slapindex.
+depend on these parameters and recreating them with
+.BR slapindex (8).
 
 .TP
 .B olcLocalSSF: <SSF>
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 9c71886f76..34dc70aae0 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ using this filter "cn=*abcdefgh*" would generate index lookups for
 .LP
 Note: Indexing support depends on the particular backend in use. Also,
 changing these settings will generally require deleting any indices that
-depend on these parameters and recreating them with slapindex.
+depend on these parameters and recreating them with
+.BR slapindex (8).
 
 .TP
 .B localSSF <SSF>