diff --git a/man2/__clone.2 b/man2/__clone.2
index bb70799f8..bc6c49f38 100644
--- a/man2/__clone.2
+++ b/man2/__clone.2
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ where the
 flag is set, the cloned child is started in a new namespace,
 initialized with a copy of the namespace of the parent.
 
-Only a privileged process (one having the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability)
+Only a privileged process (one having the \fBCAP_SYS_ADMIN\fP capability)
 may specify the
 .B CLONE_NEWNS
 flag.
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ copied.
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 .B CLONE_NEWNS
-was specified by a non-root process (process without CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
+was specified by a non-root process (process without \fBCAP_SYS_ADMIN\fP).
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 .B CLONE_PID
diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index bb70799f8..bc6c49f38 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ where the
 flag is set, the cloned child is started in a new namespace,
 initialized with a copy of the namespace of the parent.
 
-Only a privileged process (one having the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability)
+Only a privileged process (one having the \fBCAP_SYS_ADMIN\fP capability)
 may specify the
 .B CLONE_NEWNS
 flag.
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ copied.
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 .B CLONE_NEWNS
-was specified by a non-root process (process without CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
+was specified by a non-root process (process without \fBCAP_SYS_ADMIN\fP).
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 .B CLONE_PID
diff --git a/man2/pciconfig_read.2 b/man2/pciconfig_read.2
index dfc2a84f5..774b189e9 100644
--- a/man2/pciconfig_read.2
+++ b/man2/pciconfig_read.2
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ which
 is invalid.
 .TP
 .B EPERM
-User does not have the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability.
+User does not have the \fBCAP_SYS_ADMIN\fI capability.
 This does not apply to
 .BR pciconfig_iobase ().
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
diff --git a/man2/sched_setaffinity.2 b/man2/sched_setaffinity.2
index f1056e253..1b9fd8aae 100644
--- a/man2/sched_setaffinity.2
+++ b/man2/sched_setaffinity.2
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ needs an effective user ID equal to the user ID or effective user ID
 of the process identified by
 .IR pid ,
 or it must possess the
-.IR CAP_SYS_NICE
+.BR CAP_SYS_NICE
 capability.
 .TP
 .B ESRCH
diff --git a/man2/setgid.2 b/man2/setgid.2
index 378467f05..16133bfda 100644
--- a/man2/setgid.2
+++ b/man2/setgid.2
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ is set appropriately.
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 The calling process is not privileged (does not have the
-CAP_SETGID capability), and
+\fBCAP_SETGID\fP capability), and
 .I gid
 does not match the effective group ID or saved set-group-ID of
 the calling process.
diff --git a/man2/setresuid.2 b/man2/setresuid.2
index 1df51494c..ff2f7a697 100644
--- a/man2/setresuid.2
+++ b/man2/setresuid.2
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ effective UID, and saved set-user-ID, each to one of:
 the current real UID, the current effective UID or the
 current saved set-user-ID.
 
-Privileged processes (on Linux, those having the CAP_SETUID capability)
+Privileged processes (on Linux, those having the \fBCAP_SETUID\fP capability)
 may set the real UID, effective UID, and
 saved set-user-ID to arbitrary values.
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ does not match the current UID and this call would
 bring that user ID over its NPROC rlimit.
 .TP
 .B EPERM
-The calling process is not privileged (did not have the CAP_SETUID
+The calling process is not privileged (did not have the \fBCAP_SETUID\fP
 capability) and tried to change the IDs to values that are not permitted.
 .SH VERSIONS
 These calls are available under Linux since Linux 2.1.44.
diff --git a/man7/path_resolution.7 b/man7/path_resolution.7
index 7f0cf6475..0d533ade6 100644
--- a/man7/path_resolution.7
+++ b/man7/path_resolution.7
@@ -198,14 +198,14 @@ when accessing files.
 On Linux, superuser privileges are divided into capabilities (see
 .BR capabilities (7)).
 Two capabilities are relevant for file permissions checks:
-CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE and CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH.
+\fBCAP_DAC_OVERRIDE\fP and \fBCAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH\fP.
 (A process has these capabilities if its fsuid is 0.)
 
-The CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capability overrides all permission checking,
+The \fBCAP_DAC_OVERRIDE\fP capability overrides all permission checking,
 but only grants execute permission when at least one
 of the file's three execute permission bits is set.
 
-The CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH capability grants read and search permission
+The \fBCAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH\fP capability grants read and search permission
 on directories, and read permission on ordinary files.
 .\" FIXME say something about immutable files
 .\" FIXME say something about ACLs