diff --git a/man2/lseek.2 b/man2/lseek.2
index fa39dfa45..904775690 100644
--- a/man2/lseek.2
+++ b/man2/lseek.2
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ or the resulting file offset would be negative.
 .\" and/or for remote filesystems.
 .TP
 .B EOVERFLOW
-The resulting file offset cannot be represented in an off_t.
+The resulting file offset cannot be represented in an 
+.IR off_t .
 .TP
 .B ESPIPE
 .I fildes