diff --git a/man3/malloc.3 b/man3/malloc.3
index 98d7cca0e..b558c18ae 100644
--- a/man3/malloc.3
+++ b/man3/malloc.3
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ bytes.
 It is equivalent to the call
 .PP
 .in +4n
-    realloc(ptr, nmemb * size);
+.EX
+realloc(ptr, nmemb * size);
+.EE
 .in
 .PP
 However, unlike that