diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5
index 9332eab276..766af0c115 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-ldap.5
@@ -272,7 +272,9 @@ where
 .B none
 is the default, i.e. no \fIidentity assertion\fP is performed.
 
-The authz parameter is used to instruct the SASL bind to exploit 
+The
+.B authz
+parameter is used to instruct the SASL bind to exploit
 .B native 
 SASL authorization, if available; since connections are cached,
 this should only be used when authorizing with a fixed identity
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
index e3d808958f..2134ff6a3a 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ where
 .B none
 is the default, i.e. no \fIidentity assertion\fP is performed.
 
-The authz parameter is used to instruct the SASL bind to exploit 
+The
+.B authz
+parameter is used to instruct the SASL bind to exploit
 .B native 
 SASL authorization, if available; since connections are cached,
 this should only be used when authorizing with a fixed identity