diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5
index 5210f5c6f..f46b8129a 100644
--- a/man5/locale.5
+++ b/man5/locale.5
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ a string that identifies this locale category definition,
 a semicolon, and
 .IP *
 one of the
-.BI LC_ *
+.B LC_*
 identifiers.
 .PP
 The
diff --git a/man7/ipv6.7 b/man7/ipv6.7
index 9692ec1ec..b4b6a88ce 100644
--- a/man7/ipv6.7
+++ b/man7/ipv6.7
@@ -398,9 +398,9 @@ for that instead.
 .BR SOL_IPV6 ,
 .B SOL_ICMPV6
 and other
-.BR SOL_ *
+.B SOL_*
 socket options are nonportable variants of
-.BR IPPROTO_ * .
+.BR IPPROTO_* .
 See also
 .BR ip (7).
 .SH BUGS