diff --git a/share/man/man9/lock.9 b/share/man/man9/lock.9
index 0ec8c20ec82..dcb7a9d18d8 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/lock.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/lock.9
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ but accepting a
 .Fa timo
 and
 .Fa prio
-on a per-instance basis.  The specified values will override the default
+on a per-instance basis.
+The specified values will override the default
 ones, but this can still be used passing, respectively,
 .Dv LK_WMESG_DEFAULT ,
 .Dv LK_PRIO_DEFAULT