diff --git a/man2/msgop.2 b/man2/msgop.2
index 9a6633cc7..1680f19a3 100644
--- a/man2/msgop.2
+++ b/man2/msgop.2
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ flag when establishing a signal handler.)
 .PP
 Upon successful completion the message queue data structure is updated
 as follows:
-.IP
+.IP \(bu 2
 .I msg_lspid
 is set to the process ID of the calling process.
-.IP
+.IP \(bu
 .I msg_qnum
 is incremented by 1.
-.IP
+.IP \(bu
 .I msg_stime
 is set to the current time.
 .SS msgrcv()