diff --git a/man7/icmp.7 b/man7/icmp.7
index 6eb98a6cc..c5b676aaa 100644
--- a/man7/icmp.7
+++ b/man7/icmp.7
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Note that if no primary address exists for the interface selected,
 then the primary address of the first non-loopback interface that
 has one will be used regardless of this setting.
 .TP
-.BR icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.2)"
+.IR icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.2)"
 .\" precisely: since 2.1.32
 .\" The following taken from 2.6.28-rc4 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
 Some routers violate RFC1122 by sending bogus responses to broadcast frames.