diff --git a/man5/core.5 b/man5/core.5
index ddc0352b8..48e00a810 100644
--- a/man5/core.5
+++ b/man5/core.5
@@ -268,17 +268,23 @@ If the first character of this file is a pipe symbol (\fB|\fP),
 then the remainder of the line is interpreted as the command-line for
 a user-space program (or script) that is to be executed.
 .PP
-.\" 315c69261dd3fa12dbc830d4fa00d1fad98d3b03
-Since kernel 5.3.0, the pipe template is split on spaces into an
-argument list before the template parameters are expanded.
-In earlier kernels the template parameters are expanded first and
+Since kernel 5.3.0,
+.\" commit 315c69261dd3fa12dbc830d4fa00d1fad98d3b03
+the pipe template is split on spaces into an argument list
+.I before
+the template parameters are expanded.
+In earlier kernels, the template parameters are expanded first and
 the resulting string is split on spaces into an argument list.
 This means that in earlier kernels executable names added by the
-%e and %E template parameters could get split into multiple arguments.
+.I %e
+and
+.I %E
+template parameters could get split into multiple arguments.
 So the core dump handler needs to put the executable names as the last
 argument and ensure it joins all parts of the executable name using spaces.
 Executable names with multiple spaces in them are not correctly represented
-in earlier kernels so the core dump handler needs to use mechanisms to find
+in earlier kernels,
+meaning that the core dump handler needs to use mechanisms to find
 the executable name.
 .PP
 Instead of being written to a disk file, the core dump is given as