diff --git a/share/man/man4/netmap.4 b/share/man/man4/netmap.4
index bd5f4f28782..d0516207731 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/netmap.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/netmap.4
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ The following code implements a traffic generator
 .Pp
 .Bd -literal -compact
 #include <net/netmap_user.h>
-...
+\&...
 void sender(void)
 {
     struct netmap_if *nifp;
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ A simple receiver can be implemented using the helper functions
 .Bd -literal -compact
 #define NETMAP_WITH_LIBS
 #include <net/netmap_user.h>
-...
+\&...
 void receiver(void)
 {
     struct nm_desc *d;