diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
index a3b89d4e636..e149b0f4a81 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ It is intended that this example can be used as a template
 when writing a new manual page.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d Ar argument"
+.Bl -tag -width "-d Ar argument"
 .It Fl a
 Example optional
 .Fl a
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ command ignores the
 .Ev EXAMPLE
 environment variable.
 .Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/null" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width "/dev/null" -compact
 .It Pa /dev/null
 Example of a file in the
 .Sx FILES
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
index 78242e0f8e4..cfe7e011525 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ and
 The argument
 .Fa mode
 may have one of the following values:
-.Bl -tag -width ".Dv EXAMPLE_ONE"
+.Bl -tag -width "EXAMPLE_ONE"
 .It Dv EXAMPLE_ONE
 First example of a defined variable.
 .Dv EXAMPLE_ONE
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ library function ignores the
 .Ev EXAMPLE
 environment variable.
 .Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/null" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width "/dev/null" -compact
 .It Pa /dev/null
 Example of a file in the
 .Sx FILES
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.4 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
index d5e56c98a42..d2bc40b4ead 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ when writing a new manual page.
 The
 .Nm
 driver supports the following ioctls:
-.Bl -tag -width ".Dv EIOCNULL"
+.Bl -tag -width "EIOCNULL"
 .It Dv EIOCEX
 Example ioctl.
 .It Dv EIOCNULL
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.9 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.9
index 42eaa9791ba..639a8d2ca7e 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.9
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.9
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ and
 The argument
 .Fa mode
 may have one of the following values:
-.Bl -tag -width ".Dv EXAMPLE_ONE"
+.Bl -tag -width "EXAMPLE_ONE"
 .It Dv EXAMPLE_ONE
 First example of a defined variable.
 .Dv EXAMPLE_ONE