diff --git a/man2/wait.2 b/man2/wait.2
index 4137c40be..402cad3c1 100644
--- a/man2/wait.2
+++ b/man2/wait.2
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ Status for
 children which have stopped is provided
 even if this option is not specified.
 .TP
-.B WCONTINUED
-(Since Linux 2.6.10)
+.BR WCONTINUED " (since Linux 2.6.10)"
 also return if a stopped child has been resumed by delivery of
 .BR SIGCONT .
 .PP
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ This macro should only be employed if
 returned true.
 .TP
 .BI WIFCONTINUED( status )
-(Since Linux 2.6.10)
+(since Linux 2.6.10)
 returns true if the child process was resumed by delivery of
 .BR SIGCONT .
 .SS "waitid()"
@@ -502,14 +501,14 @@ This option is ignored if
 .B __WALL
 is also specified.
 .TP
-.B __WALL
+.BR __WALL " (since Linux 2.4)"
 .\" since patch-2.3.48
-(Since Linux 2.4) Wait for all children, regardless of
+Wait for all children, regardless of
 type ("clone" or "non-clone").
 .TP
-.B __WNOTHREAD
+.BR __WNOTHREAD " (since Linux 2.4)"
 .\" since patch-2.4.0-test8
-(Since Linux 2.4) Do not wait for children of other threads in
+Do not wait for children of other threads in
 the same thread group.
 This was the default before Linux 2.4.
 .SH EXAMPLE
diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index d16feb1e8..0771f28a4 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -234,9 +234,8 @@ when calling
 .sp
 .PD 0
 .TP 18
-.B IN_DONT_FOLLOW
-Don't dereference \fIpathname\fP if it is a symbolic link
-(since Linux 2.6.15).
+.BR IN_DONT_FOLLOW " (since Linux 2.6.15)"
+Don't dereference \fIpathname\fP if it is a symbolic link.
 .TP
 .B IN_MASK_ADD
 Add (OR) events to watch mask for this pathname if
@@ -246,9 +245,8 @@ it already exists (instead of replacing mask).
 Monitor \fIpathname\fP for one event, then remove from
 watch list.
 .TP
-.B IN_ONLYDIR
-Only watch \fIpathname\fP if it is a directory
-(since Linux 2.6.15).
+.BR IN_ONLYDIR " (since Linux 2.6.15)"
+Only watch \fIpathname\fP if it is a directory.
 .PD
 .RE
 .PP