diff --git a/man2/membarrier.2 b/man2/membarrier.2
index c4285bfe0..b1188d7c1 100644
--- a/man2/membarrier.2
+++ b/man2/membarrier.2
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ The key idea is to replace, for these matching
 barriers, the fast-side memory barriers by simple compiler barriers,
 for example:
 .PP
-    asm volatile ("" : : : "memory")
+.in +4n
+.EX
+asm volatile ("" : : : "memory")
+.EE
+.in
 .PP
 and replace the slow-side memory barriers by calls to
 .BR membarrier ().