diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
index 6f38a435f3..fd2df48272 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
@@ -30,15 +30,14 @@ If configured in
 .BR ETCDIR/slapd.conf ,
 the
 .B slapd
-process will print its process ID ( see
-.BR getpid (2)
-) to a 
+process will print its process ID (see
+.BR getpid (2))
+to a 
 .B .pid
 file, as well as the command line options during invocation to an
 .B .args
-file ( see 
-.BR slapd.conf (5)
-).
+file (see 
+.BR slapd.conf (5)).
 If the
 .B \-d
 flag is given, even with a zero argument,