diff --git a/man1/locale.1 b/man1/locale.1
index da47a9c7b..1bd233ea7 100644
--- a/man1/locale.1
+++ b/man1/locale.1
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ metadata about each locale to be included in the output.
 Display the available charmaps (character set description files).
 .PP
 The
-.I locale
+.B locale
 command can also be provided with one or more arguments,
 which are the names of locale keywords (for example,
 .IR date_fmt ,
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ so that the output has the format:
     \fIkeyword\fP="\fIvalue\fP"
 .PP
 The
-.I locale
+.B locale
 command also knows about the following options:
 .TP
 .BR \-v ", " \-\-verbose