diff --git a/sbin/init/init.8 b/sbin/init/init.8
index c7cbcc62496..20a71d16158 100644
--- a/sbin/init/init.8
+++ b/sbin/init/init.8
@@ -331,15 +331,14 @@ as follows:
 file
 .El
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It "getty repeating too quickly on port %s, sleeping"
+.Bl -diag
+.It "getty repeating too quickly on port %s, sleeping."
 A process being started to service a line is exiting quickly
 each time it is started.
 This is often caused by a ringing or noisy terminal line.
 .Em "Init will sleep for 30 seconds" ,
 .Em "then continue trying to start the process" .
-.Pp
-.It "some processes would not die; ps axl advised"
+.It "some processes would not die; ps axl advised."
 A process
 is hung and could not be killed when the system was shutting down.
 This condition is usually caused by a process