diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8
index 9c9fae69e48..95cf3eac42a 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ for a more complete discussion of special files.
 takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
 the common abbreviation for the device.
 There are two special devices,
-Dq std
+.Dq std
 and
-Dq local .
+.Dq local .
 The former creates the standard devices for the architecture.
 The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and
 executes the shell file
-Dq Pa MAKEDEV.local .
+.Dq Pa MAKEDEV.local .
 .Pp
 The i386 supports the following devices.
 Where a device name is followed by a hash sign (