diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
index f080e7bb61..476aed8bd7 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
@@ -1975,8 +1975,9 @@ to establish a TLS session before Binding to the provider. If the
 .B critical
 argument is supplied, the session will be aborted if the StartTLS request
 fails. Otherwise the syncrepl session continues without TLS. The
-tls_reqcert setting defaults to "demand" and the other TLS settings
-default to the same as the main slapd TLS settings.
+.B tls_reqcert
+setting defaults to "demand" and the other TLS settings default to the same
+as the main slapd TLS settings.
 
 The
 .B suffixmassage
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index c0451167a2..342a7b0935 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -1984,7 +1984,8 @@ to establish a TLS session before Binding to the provider. If the
 .B critical
 argument is supplied, the session will be aborted if the StartTLS request
 fails. Otherwise the syncrepl session continues without TLS. The
-tls_reqcert setting defaults to "demand" and the other TLS settings
+.B tls_reqcert
+setting defaults to "demand" and the other TLS settings
 default to the same as the main slapd TLS settings.
 
 The