diff --git a/man3/getwchar.3 b/man3/getwchar.3
index 47db4ffed..5b9b93cf8 100644
--- a/man3/getwchar.3
+++ b/man3/getwchar.3
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR getchar (3)
 function.
-It reads a wide character from \fIstdin\fP and returns
+It reads a wide character from
+.I stdin
+and returns
 it.
-If the end of stream is reached, or if \fIferror(stdin)\fP becomes
-true, it returns
+If the end of stream is reached, or if
+.I ferror(stdin)
+becomes true, it returns
 .BR WEOF .
 If a wide-character conversion error occurs, it sets
-\fIerrno\fP to \fBEILSEQ\fP and returns
+.I errno
+to
+.B EILSEQ
+and returns
 .BR WEOF .
 .PP
 For a nonlocking counterpart, see
diff --git a/man3/infnan.3 b/man3/infnan.3
index 8ab8d80a4..7e88689fc 100644
--- a/man3/infnan.3
+++ b/man3/infnan.3
@@ -46,28 +46,40 @@ The
 .BR infnan ()
 function returns a suitable value for infinity and
 "not-a-number" (NaN) results.
-The value of \fIerror\fP can be
+The value of
+.I error
+can be
 .B ERANGE
 to represent infinity or anything else to represent NaN.
-\fIerrno\fP
+.I errno
 is also set.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-If \fIerror\fP is
+If
+.I error
+is
 .B ERANGE
 (Infinity),
 .B HUGE_VAL
 is returned.
 .PP
-If \fIerror\fP is \-\fBERANGE\fP (\-Infinity), \-\fBHUGE_VAL\fP is returned.
+If
+.I error
+is \-\fBERANGE\fP (\-Infinity), \-\fBHUGE_VAL\fP is returned.
 .PP
-If \fIerror\fP is anything else, NAN is returned.
+If
+.I error
+is anything else, NAN is returned.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EDOM
-The value of \fIerror\fP is "not-a-number" (NaN).
+The value of
+.I error
+is "not-a-number" (NaN).
 .TP
 .B ERANGE
-The value of \fIerror\fP is positive infinity or negative infinity.
+The value of
+.I error
+is positive infinity or negative infinity.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 4.3BSD.
 .SH NOTES
diff --git a/man3/iswalnum.3 b/man3/iswalnum.3
index c21c7c9f9..89e98a2ae 100644
--- a/man3/iswalnum.3
+++ b/man3/iswalnum.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR isalnum (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "alnum".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "alnum" is a subclass of the wide-character class
@@ -56,7 +58,9 @@ to \(aqZ\(aq, \(aqa\(aq to \(aqz\(aq and the digits \(aq0\(aq to \(aq9\(aq.
 The
 .BR iswalnum ()
 function returns nonzero
-if \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+if
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "alnum".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswalpha.3 b/man3/iswalpha.3
index 4cd7a0057..fc2ef28c5 100644
--- a/man3/iswalpha.3
+++ b/man3/iswalpha.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR isalpha (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "alpha".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "alpha" is a subclass of the
@@ -60,7 +62,9 @@ letters \(aqA\(aq to \(aqZ\(aq and \(aqa\(aq to \(aqz\(aq.
 The
 .BR iswalpha ()
 function returns nonzero
-if \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+if
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "alpha".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswcntrl.3 b/man3/iswcntrl.3
index cee07df69..660aabcdd 100644
--- a/man3/iswcntrl.3
+++ b/man3/iswcntrl.3
@@ -28,20 +28,27 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR iscntrl (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "cntrl".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "cntrl" is disjoint from the wide-character class
 "print" and therefore also disjoint from its subclasses "graph", "alpha",
 "upper", "lower", "digit", "xdigit", "punct".
 .PP
-For an unsigned char \fIc\fP, \fIiscntrl(c)\fP
-implies \fIiswcntrl(btowc(c))\fP,
+For an unsigned char
+.IR c ,
+.I iscntrl(c)
+implies
+.IR iswcntrl(btowc(c)) ,
 but not vice versa.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR iswcntrl ()
-function returns nonzero if \fIwc\fP is a
+function returns nonzero if
+.I wc
+is a
 wide character belonging to the wide-character class "cntrl".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswctype.3 b/man3/iswctype.3
index 0a885b644..a7dfec4bb 100644
--- a/man3/iswctype.3
+++ b/man3/iswctype.3
@@ -23,18 +23,25 @@ iswctype \- wide-character classification
 .BI "int iswctype(wint_t " wc ", wctype_t " desc );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-If \fIwc\fP is a wide character having the character property designated by
-\fIdesc\fP (or in other words: belongs to the character class designated by
-\fIdesc\fP), the
+If
+.I wc
+is a wide character having the character property designated by
+.I desc
+(or in other words: belongs to the character class designated by
+.IR desc ),
+the
 .BR iswctype ()
 function returns nonzero.
 Otherwise it
 returns zero.
-If \fIwc\fP is
+If
+.I wc
+is
 .BR WEOF ,
 zero is returned.
 .PP
-\fIdesc\fP must be a character property descriptor
+.I desc
+must be a character property descriptor
 returned by the
 .BR wctype (3)
 function.
@@ -42,7 +49,9 @@ function.
 The
 .BR iswctype ()
 function returns nonzero if
-the \fIwc\fP has the designated
+the
+.I wc
+has the designated
 property.
 Otherwise it returns 0.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswdigit.3 b/man3/iswdigit.3
index dd2fafd69..2468feb27 100644
--- a/man3/iswdigit.3
+++ b/man3/iswdigit.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR isdigit (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "digit".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "digit" is a subclass of the wide-character class
@@ -59,7 +61,9 @@ contains exactly the digits \(aq0\(aq to \(aq9\(aq.
 The
 .BR iswdigit ()
 function returns nonzero
-if \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+if
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "digit".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswgraph.3 b/man3/iswgraph.3
index 3a68a4787..cfba7f320 100644
--- a/man3/iswgraph.3
+++ b/man3/iswgraph.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR isgraph (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "graph".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "graph" is a subclass of the wide-character class
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ the wide-character classes "alnum" and "punct".
 The
 .BR iswgraph ()
 function returns nonzero
-if \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+if
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "graph".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswlower.3 b/man3/iswlower.3
index c1faaeb0d..bcf993cc0 100644
--- a/man3/iswlower.3
+++ b/man3/iswlower.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR islower (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "lower".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "lower" is a subclass of the wide-character class
@@ -53,9 +55,12 @@ the wide-character class
 "lower" is disjoint from the wide-character class "digit".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "lower" contains at least
-those characters \fIwc\fP
-which are equal to \fItowlower(wc)\fP and different
-from \fItowupper(wc)\fP.
+those characters
+.I wc
+which are equal to
+.I towlower(wc)
+and different from
+.IR towupper(wc) .
 .PP
 The wide-character class "lower" always contains
 at least the letters \(aqa\(aq to \(aqz\(aq.
@@ -63,7 +68,9 @@ at least the letters \(aqa\(aq to \(aqz\(aq.
 The
 .BR iswlower ()
 function returns nonzero
-if \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+if
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "lower".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswprint.3 b/man3/iswprint.3
index 366c98c08..ee739e1fa 100644
--- a/man3/iswprint.3
+++ b/man3/iswprint.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR isprint (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "print".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "print" is disjoint from the wide-character class
@@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ The wide-character class "print" contains the wide-character class "graph".
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR iswprint ()
-function returns nonzero if \fIwc\fP is a
+function returns nonzero if
+.I wc
+is a
 wide character belonging to the wide-character class "print".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswpunct.3 b/man3/iswpunct.3
index 80c90d4e6..cdee2f8d4 100644
--- a/man3/iswpunct.3
+++ b/man3/iswpunct.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR ispunct (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "punct".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "punct" is a subclass of the wide-character class
@@ -50,7 +52,9 @@ the wide-character class
 The
 .BR iswpunct ()
 function returns nonzero
-if \fIwc\fP is a wide-character
+if
+.I wc
+is a wide-character
 belonging to the wide-character class "punct".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswspace.3 b/man3/iswspace.3
index 8a38c2885..caaf10e1f 100644
--- a/man3/iswspace.3
+++ b/man3/iswspace.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR isspace (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "space".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "space" is disjoint from the wide-character class
@@ -46,7 +48,9 @@ characters \(aq\\f\(aq, \(aq\\n\(aq, \(aq\\r\(aq, \(aq\\t\(aq, \(aq\\v\(aq.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR iswspace ()
-function returns nonzero if \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+function returns nonzero if
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "space".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswupper.3 b/man3/iswupper.3
index 1d67bac23..109c8f6db 100644
--- a/man3/iswupper.3
+++ b/man3/iswupper.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR isupper (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "upper".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "upper" is a subclass of the wide-character class
@@ -48,15 +50,21 @@ Being a subclass of the wide-character class "alnum", the wide-character class
 Being a subclass of the wide-character class "alpha", the wide-character class
 "upper" is disjoint from the wide-character class "digit".
 .PP
-The wide-character class "upper" contains at least those characters \fIwc\fP
-which are equal to \fItowupper(wc)\fP and different from \fItowlower(wc)\fP.
+The wide-character class "upper" contains at least those characters
+.I wc
+which are equal to 
+.I towupper(wc)
+and different from
+.IR towlower(wc) .
 .PP
 The wide-character class "upper" always contains at least the
 letters \(aqA\(aq to \(aqZ\(aq.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR iswupper ()
-function returns nonzero if \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+function returns nonzero if
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "upper".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/iswxdigit.3 b/man3/iswxdigit.3
index 571ab2b62..531cc7a43 100644
--- a/man3/iswxdigit.3
+++ b/man3/iswxdigit.3
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR isxdigit (3)
 function.
-It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+It tests whether
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "xdigit".
 .PP
 The wide-character class "xdigit" is a subclass of the wide-character class
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ and the digits \(aq0\(aq to \(aq9\(aq.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR iswxdigit ()
-function returns nonzero if \fIwc\fP is a wide character
+function returns nonzero if
+.I wc
+is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "xdigit".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/lsearch.3 b/man3/lsearch.3
index 65a526d7b..087d44d06 100644
--- a/man3/lsearch.3
+++ b/man3/lsearch.3
@@ -41,18 +41,31 @@ lfind, lsearch \- linear search of an array
 and
 .BR lsearch ()
 perform a linear search for
-\fIkey\fP in the array \fIbase\fP which has \fI*nmemb\fP elements of
-\fIsize\fP bytes each.
+.I key
+in the array
+.IR base 
+which has
+.I *nmemb
+elements of
+.I size
+bytes each.
 The comparison function referenced by
-\fIcompar\fP is expected to have two arguments which point to the
-\fIkey\fP object and to an array member, in that order, and which
-returns zero if the \fIkey\fP object matches the array member, and
+.I compar
+is expected to have two arguments which point to the
+.I key
+object and to an array member, in that order, and which
+returns zero if the
+.I key
+object matches the array member, and
 nonzero otherwise.
 .PP
 If
 .BR lsearch ()
-does not find a matching element, then the \fIkey\fP
-object is inserted at the end of the table, and \fI*nmemb\fP is
+does not find a matching element, then the
+.I key
+object is inserted at the end of the table, and
+.I *nmemb
+is
 incremented.
 In particular, one should know that a matching element
 exists, or that more room is available.
diff --git a/man3/mblen.3 b/man3/mblen.3
index e176400c4..98ca4216e 100644
--- a/man3/mblen.3
+++ b/man3/mblen.3
@@ -23,32 +23,48 @@ mblen \- determine number of bytes in next multibyte character
 .BI "int mblen(const char *" s ", size_t " n );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-If \fIs\fP is not a NULL pointer, the
+If
+.I s
+is not a NULL pointer, the
 .BR mblen ()
 function inspects at most
-\fIn\fP bytes of the multibyte string starting at \fIs\fP and extracts the
+.I n
+bytes of the multibyte string starting at
+.I s
+and extracts the
 next complete multibyte character.
 It uses a static anonymous shift state known only to the
 .BR mblen ()
 function.
 If the multibyte character is not the null wide
-character, it returns the number of bytes that were consumed from \fIs\fP.
+character, it returns the number of bytes that were consumed from
+.IR s .
 If the multibyte character is the null wide character, it returns 0.
 .PP
-If the \fIn\fP bytes starting at \fIs\fP do not contain a complete multibyte
+If the
+.IR n 
+bytes starting at
+.I s
+do not contain a complete multibyte
 character,
 .BR mblen ()
 returns \-1.
 This can happen even if
-\fIn\fP is greater than or equal to \fIMB_CUR_MAX\fP,
+.I n
+is greater than or equal to
+.IR MB_CUR_MAX ,
 if the multibyte string contains redundant shift sequences.
 .PP
-If the multibyte string starting at \fIs\fP contains an invalid multibyte
+If the multibyte string starting at
+.I s
+contains an invalid multibyte
 sequence before the next complete character,
 .BR mblen ()
 also returns \-1.
 .PP
-If \fIs\fP is a NULL pointer, the
+If
+.I s
+is a NULL pointer, the
 .BR mblen ()
 function
 .\" The Dinkumware doc and the Single UNIX specification say this, but
@@ -61,7 +77,9 @@ The
 .BR mblen ()
 function returns the number of
 bytes parsed from the multibyte
-sequence starting at \fIs\fP, if a non-null wide character was recognized.
+sequence starting at
+.IR s ,
+if a non-null wide character was recognized.
 It returns 0, if a null wide character was recognized.
 It returns \-1, if an
 invalid multibyte sequence was encountered or if it couldn't parse a complete
diff --git a/man3/mbrlen.3 b/man3/mbrlen.3
index da5023069..eb674eb6f 100644
--- a/man3/mbrlen.3
+++ b/man3/mbrlen.3
@@ -25,32 +25,57 @@ mbrlen \- determine number of bytes in next multibyte character
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR mbrlen ()
-function inspects at most \fIn\fP bytes of the multibyte
-string starting at \fIs\fP and extracts the next complete multibyte character.
-It updates the shift state \fI*ps\fP.
+function inspects at most
+.I n
+bytes of the multibyte
+string starting at
+.I s
+and extracts the next complete multibyte character.
+It updates the shift state
+.IR *ps .
 If the multibyte character is not the
 null wide character, it returns the number of bytes that were consumed from
-\fIs\fP.
+.IR s .
 If the multibyte character is the null wide character, it resets the
-shift state \fI*ps\fP to the initial state and returns 0.
+shift state
+.I *ps
+to the initial state and returns 0.
 .PP
-If the \fIn\fP bytes starting at \fIs\fP do not contain a complete multibyte
+If the
+.IR n 
+bytes starting at
+.I s
+do not contain a complete multibyte
 character,
 .BR mbrlen ()
-returns \fI(size_t)\ \-2\fP.
+returns
+.IR "(size_t)\ \-2" .
 This can happen even if
-\fIn\fP >= \fIMB_CUR_MAX\fP, if the multibyte string contains redundant shift
+.I n
+>=
+.IR MB_CUR_MAX ,
+if the multibyte string contains redundant shift
 sequences.
 .PP
-If the multibyte string starting at \fIs\fP contains an invalid multibyte
+If the multibyte string starting at
+.I s
+contains an invalid multibyte
 sequence before the next complete character,
 .BR mbrlen ()
 returns
-\fI(size_t)\ \-1\fP and sets \fIerrno\fP to \fBEILSEQ\fP.
+.IR "(size_t)\ \-1"
+and sets
+.I errno
+to
+.BR EILSEQ .
 In this case,
-the effects on \fI*ps\fP are undefined.
+the effects on
+.I *ps
+are undefined.
 .PP
-If \fIps\fP is a NULL pointer, a static anonymous state known only to the
+If
+.I ps
+is a NULL pointer, a static anonymous state known only to the
 .BR mbrlen ()
 function is used instead.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
@@ -58,14 +83,24 @@ The
 .BR mbrlen ()
 function returns the number of bytes
 parsed from the multibyte
-sequence starting at \fIs\fP, if a non-null wide character was recognized.
+sequence starting at
+.IR s ,
+if a non-null wide character was recognized.
 It returns 0, if a null wide character was recognized.
 It returns
 .I "(size_t)\ \-1"
-and sets \fIerrno\fP to \fBEILSEQ\fP, if an invalid multibyte sequence was
+and sets
+.I errno
+to
+.BR EILSEQ ,
+if an invalid multibyte sequence was
 encountered.
-It returns \fI(size_t)\ \-2\fP if it couldn't parse a complete multibyte
-character, meaning that \fIn\fP should be increased.
+It returns
+.IR "(size_t)\ \-2"
+if it couldn't parse a complete multibyte
+character, meaning that
+.I n
+should be increased.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH NOTES
diff --git a/man3/memmove.3 b/man3/memmove.3
index f32494924..3cea74d05 100644
--- a/man3/memmove.3
+++ b/man3/memmove.3
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ memmove \- copy memory area
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR memmove ()
-function copies \fIn\fP bytes from memory area
-\fIsrc\fP to memory area \fIdest\fP.
+function copies
+.I n
+bytes from memory area
+.I src
+to memory area
+.IR dest .
 The memory areas may overlap: copying takes place as though
 the bytes in
 .I src
@@ -53,7 +57,8 @@ and the bytes are then copied from the temporary array to
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR memmove ()
-function returns a pointer to \fIdest\fP.
+function returns a pointer to
+.IR dest .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man3/memset.3 b/man3/memset.3
index cfab6ec57..da8c6fda7 100644
--- a/man3/memset.3
+++ b/man3/memset.3
@@ -39,13 +39,18 @@ memset \- fill memory with a constant byte
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR memset ()
-function fills the first \fIn\fP bytes of the
-memory area pointed to by \fIs\fP with the constant byte \fIc\fP.
+function fills the first
+.I n
+bytes of the
+memory area pointed to by
+.I s
+with the constant byte
+.IR c .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR memset ()
 function returns a pointer to the memory area
-\fIs\fP.
+.IR s .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man3/putwchar.3 b/man3/putwchar.3
index a73ee2889..30f514b5d 100644
--- a/man3/putwchar.3
+++ b/man3/putwchar.3
@@ -29,20 +29,32 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR putchar (3)
 function.
-It writes the wide character \fIwc\fP to \fIstdout\fP.
-If \fIferror(stdout)\fP becomes true, it returns
+It writes the wide character
+.I wc
+to
+.IR stdout .
+If
+.I ferror(stdout)
+becomes true, it returns
 .BR WEOF .
 If a wide character
-conversion error occurs, it sets \fIerrno\fP to \fBEILSEQ\fP and returns
+conversion error occurs, it sets
+.IR errno 
+to
+.B EILSEQ
+and returns
 .BR WEOF .
-Otherwise it returns \fIwc\fP.
+Otherwise it returns
+.IR wc .
 .PP
 For a nonlocking counterpart, see
 .BR unlocked_stdio (3).
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR putwchar ()
-function returns \fIwc\fP if no error occurred, or
+function returns
+.I wc
+if no error occurred, or
 .B WEOF
 to indicate an error.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
@@ -58,7 +70,8 @@ current locale.
 It is reasonable to expect that
 .BR putwchar ()
 will actually write
-the multibyte sequence corresponding to the wide character \fIwc\fP.
+the multibyte sequence corresponding to the wide character
+.IR wc .
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR fputwc (3),
 .BR unlocked_stdio (3)
diff --git a/man3/rewinddir.3 b/man3/rewinddir.3
index e1ced6d62..2aef5dbe5 100644
--- a/man3/rewinddir.3
+++ b/man3/rewinddir.3
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ rewinddir \- reset directory stream
 The
 .BR rewinddir ()
 function resets the position of the directory
-stream \fIdirp\fP to the beginning of the directory.
+stream
+.I dirp
+to the beginning of the directory.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR rewinddir ()
diff --git a/man3/towctrans.3 b/man3/towctrans.3
index 77cd90162..d1fa6ff19 100644
--- a/man3/towctrans.3
+++ b/man3/towctrans.3
@@ -23,13 +23,22 @@ towctrans \- wide-character transliteration
 .BI "wint_t towctrans(wint_t " wc ", wctrans_t " desc );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-If \fIwc\fP is a wide character, the
+If
+.I wc
+is a wide character, the
 .BR towctrans ()
 function
-translates it according to the transliteration descriptor \fIdesc\fP.
-If \fIwc\fP is \fBWEOF\fP, \fBWEOF\fP is returned.
+translates it according to the transliteration descriptor
+.IR desc .
+If
+.IR wc 
+is
+.BR WEOF ,
+.B WEOF
+is returned.
 .PP
-\fIdesc\fP must be a transliteration descriptor returned by
+.I desc
+must be a transliteration descriptor returned by
 the
 .BR wctrans (3)
 function.
@@ -37,7 +46,12 @@ function.
 The
 .BR towctrans ()
 function returns the translated wide character,
-or \fBWEOF\fP if \fIwc\fP is \fBWEOF\fP.
+or
+.BR WEOF 
+if
+.I wc
+is
+.BR WEOF .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH NOTES
diff --git a/man3/towlower.3 b/man3/towlower.3
index 2d3364b26..8727e33d8 100644
--- a/man3/towlower.3
+++ b/man3/towlower.3
@@ -28,15 +28,28 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR tolower (3)
 function.
-If \fIwc\fP is a wide character, it is converted to
+If
+.I wc
+is a wide character, it is converted to
 lowercase.
 Characters which do not have case are returned unchanged.
-If \fIwc\fP is \fBWEOF\fP, \fBWEOF\fP is returned.
+If
+.IR wc 
+is
+.BR WEOF ,
+.B WEOF
+is returned.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR towlower ()
-function returns the lowercase equivalent of \fIwc\fP,
-or \fBWEOF\fP if \fIwc\fP is \fBWEOF\fP.
+function returns the lowercase equivalent of
+.IR wc ,
+or
+.BR WEOF 
+if
+.I wc
+is
+.BR WEOF .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH NOTES
diff --git a/man3/towupper.3 b/man3/towupper.3
index 993e22db2..8364f3883 100644
--- a/man3/towupper.3
+++ b/man3/towupper.3
@@ -28,15 +28,28 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR toupper (3)
 function.
-If \fIwc\fP is a wide character, it is converted to
+If
+.I wc
+is a wide character, it is converted to
 uppercase.
 Characters which do not have case are returned unchanged.
-If \fIwc\fP is \fBWEOF\fP, \fBWEOF\fP is returned.
+If
+.IR wc 
+is
+.BR WEOF ,
+.B WEOF
+is returned.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR towupper ()
-function returns the uppercase equivalent of \fIwc\fP,
-or \fBWEOF\fP if \fIwc\fP is \fBWEOF\fP.
+function returns the uppercase equivalent of
+.IR wc ,
+or
+.BR WEOF 
+if
+.I wc
+is
+.BR WEOF .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH NOTES
diff --git a/man3/ungetwc.3 b/man3/ungetwc.3
index 6185ec220..093c84488 100644
--- a/man3/ungetwc.3
+++ b/man3/ungetwc.3
@@ -28,20 +28,38 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR ungetc (3)
 function.
-It pushes back a wide character onto \fIstream\fP and returns it.
+It pushes back a wide character onto
+.I stream
+and returns it.
 .PP
-If \fIwc\fP is \fBWEOF\fP, it returns \fBWEOF\fP.
-If \fIwc\fP is an invalid wide character,
-it sets \fIerrno\fP to \fBEILSEQ\fP and returns \fBWEOF\fP.
+If
+.I wc
+is
+.BR WEOF ,
+it returns
+.BR WEOF .
+If
+.I wc
+is an invalid wide character,
+it sets
+.IR errno 
+to
+.B EILSEQ
+and returns
+.BR WEOF .
 .PP
-If \fIwc\fP is a valid wide character, it is pushed back onto the stream
+If
+.I wc
+is a valid wide character, it is pushed back onto the stream
 and thus becomes available for future wide-character read operations.
 The file-position indicator is decremented by one or more.
 The end-of-file
 indicator is cleared.
 The backing storage of the file is not affected.
 .PP
-Note: \fIwc\fP need not be the last wide-character read from the stream;
+Note:
+.I wc
+need not be the last wide-character read from the stream;
 it can be any other valid wide character.
 .PP
 If the implementation supports multiple push-back operations in a row, the
@@ -50,7 +68,11 @@ level of push-back is guaranteed.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR ungetwc ()
-function returns \fIwc\fP when successful, or \fBWEOF\fP upon
+function returns
+.IR wc 
+when successful, or
+.B WEOF
+upon
 failure.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
diff --git a/man3/wcschr.3 b/man3/wcschr.3
index 6a64976e8..8177692e4 100644
--- a/man3/wcschr.3
+++ b/man3/wcschr.3
@@ -29,14 +29,21 @@ function is the wide-character equivalent
 of the
 .BR strchr (3)
 function.
-It searches the first occurrence of \fIwc\fP in the wide-character
-string pointed to by \fIwcs\fP.
+It searches the first occurrence of
+.I wc
+in the wide-character
+string pointed to by
+.IR wcs .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wcschr ()
 function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of
-\fIwc\fP in the wide-character string pointed to by \fIwcs\fP, or NULL if
-\fIwc\fP does not occur in the string.
+.I wc
+in the wide-character string pointed to by
+.IR wcs ,
+or NULL if
+.I wc
+does not occur in the string.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man3/wcscmp.3 b/man3/wcscmp.3
index 0c9654919..9f8ae1f36 100644
--- a/man3/wcscmp.3
+++ b/man3/wcscmp.3
@@ -29,19 +29,33 @@ function is the wide-character equivalent
 of the
 .BR strcmp (3)
 function.
-It compares the wide-character string pointed to by \fIs1\fP and the
-wide-character string pointed to by \fIs2\fP.
+It compares the wide-character string pointed to by
+.I s1
+and the
+wide-character string pointed to by
+.IR s2 .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wcscmp ()
 function returns zero if the wide-character strings at
-\fIs1\fP and \fIs2\fP are equal.
+.I s1
+and
+.I s2
+are equal.
 It returns an integer greater than zero if
-at the first differing position \fIi\fP, the corresponding wide-character
-\fIs1[i]\fP is greater than \fIs2[i]\fP.
+at the first differing position
+.IR i ,
+the corresponding wide-character
+.I s1[i]
+is greater than
+.IR s2[i] .
 It returns an integer less than zero if
-at the first differing position \fIi\fP, the corresponding wide-character
-\fIs1[i]\fP is less than \fIs2[i]\fP.
+at the first differing position
+.IR i ,
+the corresponding wide-character
+.I s1[i]
+is less than
+.IR s2[i] .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man3/wcscspn.3 b/man3/wcscspn.3
index 027992270..009a42c55 100644
--- a/man3/wcscspn.3
+++ b/man3/wcscspn.3
@@ -29,24 +29,35 @@ function is the wide-character equivalent
 of the
 .BR strcspn (3)
 function.
-It determines the length of the longest initial segment of \fIwcs\fP
-which consists entirely of wide-characters not listed in \fIreject\fP.
+It determines the length of the longest initial segment of
+.I wcs
+which consists entirely of wide-characters not listed in
+.IR reject .
 In
 other words, it searches for the first occurrence in the wide-character
-string \fIwcs\fP of any of the characters in the wide-character string
-\fIreject\fP.
+string
+.I wcs
+of any of the characters in the wide-character string
+.IR reject .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wcscspn ()
 function returns the number of
 wide characters in the longest
-initial segment of \fIwcs\fP which consists entirely of wide-characters not
-listed in \fIreject\fP.
+initial segment of
+.I wcs
+which consists entirely of wide-characters not
+listed in
+.IR reject .
 In other words, it returns the position of the first
-occurrence in the wide-character string \fIwcs\fP
+occurrence in the wide-character string
+.I wcs
 of any of the characters in
-the wide-character string \fIreject\fP,
-or \fIwcslen(wcs)\fP if there is none.
+the wide-character string
+.IR reject ,
+or
+.IR wcslen(wcs)
+if there is none.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man3/wcspbrk.3 b/man3/wcspbrk.3
index 68303f60f..7a62ae2a3 100644
--- a/man3/wcspbrk.3
+++ b/man3/wcspbrk.3
@@ -30,15 +30,21 @@ of the
 .BR strpbrk (3)
 function.
 It searches for the first occurrence in the wide-character
-string pointed to by \fIwcs\fP of any of the
+string pointed to by
+.I wcs
+of any of the
 characters in the wide-character
-string pointed to by \fIaccept\fP.
+string pointed to by
+.IR accept .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wcspbrk ()
 function returns a pointer to the first occurrence in
-\fIwcs\fP of any of the characters listed in \fIaccept\fP.
-If \fIwcs\fP
+.I wcs
+of any of the characters listed in
+.IR accept .
+If
+.I wcs
 contains none of these characters, NULL is returned.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
diff --git a/man3/wcsrchr.3 b/man3/wcsrchr.3
index 9f087f1a1..5931c7b2f 100644
--- a/man3/wcsrchr.3
+++ b/man3/wcsrchr.3
@@ -29,14 +29,21 @@ function is the wide-character equivalent
 of the
 .BR strrchr (3)
 function.
-It searches the last occurrence of \fIwc\fP in the wide-character
-string pointed to by \fIwcs\fP.
+It searches the last occurrence of
+.I wc
+in the wide-character
+string pointed to by
+.IR wcs .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wcsrchr ()
 function returns a pointer to the last occurrence of
-\fIwc\fP in the wide-character string pointed to by \fIwcs\fP, or NULL if
-\fIwc\fP does not occur in the string.
+.I wc
+in the wide-character string pointed to by
+.IR wcs ,
+or NULL if
+.I wc
+does not occur in the string.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man3/wcsspn.3 b/man3/wcsspn.3
index 947cf79bc..2cdc2ec0a 100644
--- a/man3/wcsspn.3
+++ b/man3/wcsspn.3
@@ -29,22 +29,33 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR strspn (3)
 function.
-It determines the length of the longest initial segment of \fIwcs\fP
-which consists entirely of wide-characters listed in \fIaccept\fP.
+It determines the length of the longest initial segment of
+.I wcs
+which consists entirely of wide-characters listed in
+.IR accept .
 In other
 words, it searches for the first occurrence in the wide-character string
-\fIwcs\fP of a wide-character not contained in the wide-character string
-\fIaccept\fP.
+.I wcs
+of a wide-character not contained in the wide-character string
+.IR accept .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wcsspn ()
 function returns the number of
 wide characters in the longest
-initial segment of \fIwcs\fP which consists entirely of wide-characters listed
-in \fIaccept\fP.
+initial segment of
+.I wcs
+which consists entirely of wide-characters listed
+in
+.IR accept .
 In other words, it returns the position of the first
-occurrence in the wide-character string \fIwcs\fP of a wide-character not
-contained in the wide-character string \fIaccept\fP, or \fIwcslen(wcs)\fP
+occurrence in the wide-character string
+.I wcs
+of a wide-character not
+contained in the wide-character string
+.IR accept ,
+or
+.I wcslen(wcs)
 if there is none.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
diff --git a/man3/wctomb.3 b/man3/wctomb.3
index 7ac76ef50..e8684e493 100644
--- a/man3/wctomb.3
+++ b/man3/wctomb.3
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ wctomb \- convert a wide character to a multibyte sequence
 .BI "int wctomb(char *" s ", wchar_t " wc );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-If \fIs\fP is not NULL,
+If
+.I s
+is not NULL,
 the
 .BR wctomb ()
 function converts the wide character
-\fIwc\fP to its multibyte representation and stores it at the beginning of
-the character array pointed to by \fIs\fP.
+.I wc
+to its multibyte representation and stores it at the beginning of
+the character array pointed to by
+.IR s .
 It updates the shift state, which
 is stored in a static anonymous variable
 known only to the
@@ -36,13 +40,18 @@ known only to the
 function,
 and returns the length of said multibyte representation,
 that is, the number of
-bytes written at \fIs\fP.
+bytes written at
+.IR s .
 .PP
 The programmer must ensure that there is
-room for at least \fBMB_CUR_MAX\fP
-bytes at \fIs\fP.
+room for at least
+.B MB_CUR_MAX
+bytes at
+.IR s .
 .PP
-If \fIs\fP is NULL, the
+If
+.I s
+is NULL, the
 .BR wctomb ()
 function
 .\" The Dinkumware doc and the Single UNIX specification say this, but
@@ -52,16 +61,23 @@ to the initial state, and
 returns nonzero if the encoding has nontrivial shift state,
 or zero if the encoding is stateless.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-If \fIs\fP is not NULL, the
+If
+.I s
+is not NULL, the
 .BR wctomb ()
 function
 returns the number of bytes
-that have been written to the byte array at \fIs\fP.
-If \fIwc\fP can not be
+that have been written to the byte array at
+.IR s .
+If
+.I wc
+can not be
 represented as a multibyte sequence (according
 to the current locale), \-1 is returned.
 .PP
-If \fIs\fP is NULL, the
+If
+.I s
+is NULL, the
 .BR wctomb ()
 function returns nonzero if the
 encoding has nontrivial shift state, or zero if the encoding is stateless.
diff --git a/man3/wctrans.3 b/man3/wctrans.3
index c0990a34c..88971419e 100644
--- a/man3/wctrans.3
+++ b/man3/wctrans.3
@@ -23,12 +23,17 @@ wctrans \- wide-character translation mapping
 .BI "wctrans_t wctrans(const char *" name );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The \fIwctrans_t\fP type represents a mapping
+The
+.I wctrans_t
+type represents a mapping
 which can map a wide character to
 another wide character.
 Its nature is implementation-dependent, but the special
-value \fI(wctrans_t)\ 0\fP denotes an invalid mapping.
-Nonzero \fIwctrans_t\fP
+value 
+.IR "(wctrans_t)\ 0"
+denotes an invalid mapping.
+Nonzero
+.I wctrans_t
 values can be passed to the
 .BR towctrans (3)
 function to actually perform
@@ -49,9 +54,11 @@ following names are valid in all locales.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wctrans ()
-function returns a mapping descriptor if the \fIname\fP
+function returns a mapping descriptor if the
+.I name
 is valid.
-Otherwise it returns \fI(wctrans_t) 0\fP.
+Otherwise it returns
+.IR "(wctrans_t)\ 0" .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH NOTES
diff --git a/man3/wmemchr.3 b/man3/wmemchr.3
index ccf71a12a..6829a022b 100644
--- a/man3/wmemchr.3
+++ b/man3/wmemchr.3
@@ -28,13 +28,25 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR memchr (3)
 function.
-It searches the \fIn\fP wide characters starting at \fIs\fP for
-the first occurrence of the wide character \fIc\fP.
+It searches the
+.IR n 
+wide characters starting at
+.I s
+for
+the first occurrence of the wide character
+.IR c .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wmemchr ()
-function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of \fIc\fP
-among the \fIn\fP wide characters starting at \fIs\fP, or NULL if \fIc\fP does
+function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of
+.I c
+among the
+.IR n 
+wide characters starting at
+.IR s ,
+or NULL if
+.I c
+does
 not occur among these.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
diff --git a/man3/wmemcmp.3 b/man3/wmemcmp.3
index 07daac95f..f35ad5068 100644
--- a/man3/wmemcmp.3
+++ b/man3/wmemcmp.3
@@ -27,20 +27,41 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR memcmp (3)
 function.
-It compares the \fIn\fP wide-characters starting at \fIs1\fP and the
-\fIn\fP wide-characters starting at \fIs2\fP.
+It compares the
+.IR n 
+wide-characters starting at
+.I s1
+and the
+.I n
+wide-characters starting at
+.IR s2 .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wmemcmp ()
 function returns
 zero if the wide-character arrays of size
-\fIn\fP at \fIs1\fP and \fIs2\fP are equal.
+.I n
+at
+.IR s1 
+and
+.I s2
+are equal.
 It returns an integer greater than
-zero if at the first differing position \fIi\fP (\fIi\fP < \fIn\fP), the
-corresponding wide-character \fIs1[i]\fP is greater than \fIs2[i]\fP.
+zero if at the first differing position
+.I i
+.RI ( i " <"
+.IR n ),
+the
+corresponding wide-character
+.I s1[i]
+is greater than
+.IR s2[i] .
 It returns an integer less than zero if
-at the first differing position \fIi\fP
-(\fIi\fP < \fIn\fP), the corresponding
+at the first differing position
+.I i
+(\fIi\fP <
+.IR n ),
+the corresponding
 wide-character \fIs1[i]\fP is less than
 \fIs2[i]\fP.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
diff --git a/man3/wmemcpy.3 b/man3/wmemcpy.3
index 0551da709..6c4756dd2 100644
--- a/man3/wmemcpy.3
+++ b/man3/wmemcpy.3
@@ -28,19 +28,27 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR memcpy (3)
 function.
-It copies \fIn\fP wide characters from the array starting at
-\fIsrc\fP to the array starting at \fIdest\fP.
+It copies
+.I n
+wide characters from the array starting at
+.I src
+to the array starting at
+.IR dest .
 .PP
 The arrays may not overlap; use
 .BR wmemmove (3)
 to copy between overlapping
 arrays.
 .PP
-The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least \fIn\fP wide
-characters at \fIdest\fP.
+The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least
+.I n
+wide
+characters at
+.IR dest .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 .BR wmemcpy ()
-returns \fIdest\fP.
+returns
+.IR dest .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man3/wmemmove.3 b/man3/wmemmove.3
index c1f441f3c..e98bc9792 100644
--- a/man3/wmemmove.3
+++ b/man3/wmemmove.3
@@ -28,16 +28,25 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR memmove (3)
 function.
-It copies \fIn\fP wide characters from the array
-starting at \fIsrc\fP to the array starting at \fIdest\fP.
+It copies
+.I n
+wide characters from the array
+starting at
+.I src
+to the array starting at
+.IR dest .
 The arrays may
 overlap.
 .PP
-The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least \fIn\fP wide
-characters at \fIdest\fP.
+The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least
+.I n
+wide
+characters at
+.IR dest .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 .BR wmemmove ()
-returns \fIdest\fP.
+returns
+.IR dest .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man3/wmemset.3 b/man3/wmemset.3
index a0096cf70..e6ef42383 100644
--- a/man3/wmemset.3
+++ b/man3/wmemset.3
@@ -28,11 +28,18 @@ The
 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
 .BR memset (3)
 function.
-It fills the array of \fIn\fP wide-characters starting at \fIwcs\fP
-with \fIn\fP copies of the wide character \fIwc\fP.
+It fills the array of
+.I n
+wide-characters starting at
+.I wcs
+with
+.I n
+copies of the wide character
+.IR wc .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 .BR wmemset ()
-returns \fIwcs\fP.
+returns
+.IR wcs .
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man4/console.4 b/man4/console.4
index 7ba126e5a..dcf0b2361 100644
--- a/man4/console.4
+++ b/man4/console.4
@@ -13,19 +13,32 @@
 .SH NAME
 console \- console terminal and virtual consoles
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-A Linux system has up to 63 \fIvirtual consoles\fP
+A Linux system has up to 63
+.I "virtual consoles"
 (character devices with major number 4 and minor number 1 to 63),
-usually called \fI/dev/tty\fP\fIn\fP with 1 \(<= \fIn\fP \(<= 63.
+usually called 
+.I /dev/ttyn
+with 1 \(<=
+.I n
+\(<= 63.
 The current console is also addressed by
-\fI/dev/console\fP or \fI/dev/tty0\fP, the character device with
+.I /dev/console
+or
+.IR /dev/tty0 ,
+the character device with
 major number 4 and minor number 0.
-The device files /dev/* are usually created using the script MAKEDEV,
+The device files
+.I /dev/*
+are usually created using the script MAKEDEV,
 or using
 .BR mknod (1),
-usually with mode 0622 and owner root.tty.
+usually with mode 0622 and owner
+.IR root.tty .
 .LP
 Before kernel version 1.1.54 the number of virtual consoles was
-compiled into the kernel (in tty.h: #define NR_CONSOLES 8)
+compiled into the kernel (in
+.IR tty.h :
+#define NR_CONSOLES 8)
 and could be changed by editing and recompiling.
 Since version 1.1.54 virtual consoles are created on the fly,
 as soon as they are needed.
@@ -49,7 +62,9 @@ and display its output there.
 .BR doshell (8).)
 .LP
 Common ways to switch consoles are: (a) use Alt+F\fIn\fP or
-Ctrl+Alt+F\fIn\fP to switch to console \fIn\fP; AltGr+F\fIn\fP
+Ctrl+Alt+F\fIn\fP to switch to console
+.IR n ;
+AltGr+F\fIn\fP
 might bring you to console \fIn\fP+12 [here Alt and AltGr refer
 to the left and right Alt keys, respectively];
 (b) use Alt+RightArrow or Alt+LeftArrow to cycle through
@@ -61,7 +76,8 @@ the above mentioned key combinations are according to the default settings.)
 .LP
 The command
 .BR deallocvt (1)
-(formerly \fBdisalloc\fP)
+(formerly 
+.BR disalloc )
 will free the memory taken by the screen buffers for consoles
 that no longer have any associated process.
 .SS Properties
diff --git a/man4/hd.4 b/man4/hd.4
index ca5b6c3ab..6e2400db6 100644
--- a/man4/hd.4
+++ b/man4/hd.4
@@ -30,12 +30,20 @@
 .SH NAME
 hd \- MFM/IDE hard disk devices
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The \fBhd*\fP devices are block devices to access MFM/IDE hard disk drives
+The
+.B hd*
+devices are block devices to access MFM/IDE hard disk drives
 in raw mode.
 The master drive on the primary IDE controller (major device
-number 3) is \fBhda\fR; the slave drive is \fBhdb\fR.
+number 3) is
+.BR hda ;
+the slave drive is
+.BR hdb .
 The master drive of the second controller (major device number 22)
-is \fBhdc\fR and the slave \fBhdd\fR.
+is 
+.B hdc
+and the slave
+.BR hdd .
 .LP
 General IDE block device names have the form
 .BI hd X\c
diff --git a/man4/lp.4 b/man4/lp.4
index 961a1a172..ae304aa1b 100644
--- a/man4/lp.4
+++ b/man4/lp.4
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ The following
 calls are supported:
 .IP "\fBint ioctl(int \fP\fIfd\fP\fB, LPTIME, int \fP\fIarg\fP\fB)\fP"
 Sets the amount of time that the driver sleeps before rechecking the printer
-when the printer's buffer appears to be filled to \fIarg\fP.
+when the printer's buffer appears to be filled to
+.IR arg .
 If you have a fast printer, decrease this number;
 if you have a slow printer then increase it.
 This is in hundredths of a second, the default 2
@@ -55,29 +56,36 @@ It only influences the polling driver.
 .IP "\fBint ioctl(int \fP\fIfd\fP\fB, LPCHAR, int \fP\fIarg\fP\fB)\fP"
 Sets the maximum number of busy-wait iterations which the polling driver does
 while waiting for the printer to get ready for receiving a character to
-\fIarg\fP.
+.IR arg .
 If printing is too slow, increase this number; if the
 system gets too slow, decrease this number.
 The default is 1000.
 It only influences the polling driver.
 .IP "\fBint ioctl(int \fP\fIfd\fP\fB, LPABORT, int \fP\fIarg\fP\fB)\fP"
-If \fIarg\fP is 0, the printer driver will retry on errors, otherwise
+If
+.I arg
+is 0, the printer driver will retry on errors, otherwise
 it will abort.
 The default is 0.
 .IP "\fBint ioctl(int \fP\fIfd\fP\fB, LPABORTOPEN, int \fP\fIarg\fP\fB)\fP"
-If \fIarg\fP is 0,
+If
+.I arg
+is 0,
 .BR open (2)
 will be aborted on error, otherwise error will be ignored.
 The default is to ignore it.
 .IP "\fBint ioctl(int \fP\fIfd\fP\fB, LPCAREFUL, int \fP\fIarg\fP\fB)\fP"
-If \fIarg\fP is 0, then the out-of-paper, offline and error signals are
+If
+.I arg
+is 0, then the out-of-paper, offline and error signals are
 required to be false on all writes, otherwise they are ignored.
 The default is to ignore them.
 .IP "\fBint ioctl(int \fP\fIfd\fP\fB, LPWAIT, int \fP\fIarg\fP\fB)\fP"
 Sets the number of busy waiting iterations to wait before strobing the
 printer to accept a just-written character, and the number of iterations to
 wait before turning the strobe off again,
-to \fIarg\fP.
+to
+.IR arg .
 The specification says this time should be 0.5
 microseconds, but experience has shown the delay caused by the code is
 already enough.
@@ -91,11 +99,15 @@ It takes an
 .I int
 containing the new IRQ as argument.
 As a side effect, the printer will be reset.
-When \fIarg\fP is 0, the polling driver will be used, which is also default.
+When
+.I arg
+is 0, the polling driver will be used, which is also default.
 .IP "\fBint ioctl(int \fP\fIfd\fP\fB, LPGETIRQ, int *\fP\fIarg\fP\fB)\fP"
-Stores the currently used IRQ in \fIarg\fP.
+Stores the currently used IRQ in
+.IR arg .
 .IP "\fBint ioctl(int \fP\fIfd\fP\fB, LPGETSTATUS, int *\fP\fIarg\fP\fB)\fP"
-Stores the value of the status port in \fIarg\fP.
+Stores the value of the status port in
+.IR arg .
 The bits have the following meaning:
 .TS
 l l.
diff --git a/man4/mem.4 b/man4/mem.4
index 317a69939..74b7b89ef 100644
--- a/man4/mem.4
+++ b/man4/mem.4
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 .SH NAME
 mem, kmem, port \- system memory, kernel memory and system ports
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBmem\fP is a character device file
+.B mem
+is a character device file
 that is an image of the main memory of the computer.
 It may be used, for example, to examine (and even patch) the system.
 .LP
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ mknod \-m 640 /dev/kmem c 1 2
 chown root:kmem /dev/kmem
 .RE
 .LP
-\fBport\fP is similar to
+.B port
+is similar to
 .BR mem ,
 but the I/O ports are accessed.
 .LP
diff --git a/man4/mouse.4 b/man4/mouse.4
index 16848dfa4..ecef67dd8 100644
--- a/man4/mouse.4
+++ b/man4/mouse.4
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ About 14 ms later the mouse will send 0x4D (\(aqM\(aq) on the data line.
 After a further 63 ms, a Microsoft-compatible 3-button mouse will send
 0x33 (\(aq3\(aq).
 .PP
-The relative mouse movement is sent as \fIdx\fP (positive means right)
-and \fIdy\fP (positive means down).
+The relative mouse movement is sent as
+.I dx
+(positive means right)
+and
+.I dy
+(positive means down).
 Various mice can operate at different speeds.
 To select speeds, cycle through the
 speeds 9600, 4800, 2400 and 1200 bit/s, each time writing the two characters
@@ -71,11 +75,20 @@ bit/s	string
 
 The first byte of a data packet can be used to synchronization purposes.
 .SS Microsoft protocol
-The \fBMicrosoft\fP protocol uses 1 start bit, 7 data bits, no parity
+The
+.B Microsoft
+protocol uses 1 start bit, 7 data bits, no parity
 and one stop bit at the speed of 1200 bits/sec.
 Data is sent to RxD in 3-byte packets.
-The \fIdx\fP and \fIdy\fP movements are sent as
-two's-complement, \fIlb\fP (\fIrb\fP) are set when the left (right)
+The
+.IR dx 
+and
+.I dy
+movements are sent as
+two's-complement,
+.I lb
+.RI ( rb )
+are set when the left (right)
 button is pressed:
 .TS
 center;
@@ -104,14 +117,22 @@ bit set).
 In particular, a press of the middle button is reported
 as 0,0,0,0x20 when no other buttons are down.
 .SS Mousesystems protocol
-The \fBMousesystems\fP protocol uses 1 start bit, 8 data bits, no parity
+The
+.B Mousesystems
+protocol uses 1 start bit, 8 data bits, no parity
 and two stop bits at the speed of 1200 bits/sec.
 Data is sent to RxD in
 5-byte packets.
-\fIdx\fP is sent as the sum of the two two's-complement
-values, \fIdy\fP is send as negated sum of the two two's-complement
+.I dx
+is sent as the sum of the two two's-complement
+values,
+.I dy
+is send as negated sum of the two two's-complement
 values.
-\fIlb\fP (\fImb\fP, \fIrb\fP) are cleared when the left (middle,
+.I lb
+.RI ( mb ,
+.IR rb )
+are cleared when the left (middle,
 right) button is pressed:
 .TS
 center;
@@ -127,16 +148,26 @@ byte	d7	d6	d5	d4	d3	d2	d1	d0
 Bytes 4 and 5 describe the change that occurred since bytes 2 and 3
 were transmitted.
 .SS Sun protocol
-The \fBSun\fP protocol is the 3-byte version of the above 5-byte
+The
+.B Sun
+protocol is the 3-byte version of the above 5-byte
 Mousesystems protocol: the last two bytes are not sent.
 .SS MM protocol
-The \fBMM\fP protocol uses 1 start bit, 8 data bits, odd parity and one
+The
+.B MM
+protocol uses 1 start bit, 8 data bits, odd parity and one
 stop bit at the speed of 1200 bits/sec.
 Data is sent to RxD in 3-byte
 packets.
-\fIdx\fP and \fIdy\fP are sent as single signed values, the
+.I dx
+and
+.I dy
+are sent as single signed values, the
 sign bit indicating a negative value.
-\fIlb\fP (\fImb\fP, \fIrb\fP) are
+.I lb
+.RI ( mb ,
+.IR rb )
+are
 set when the left (middle, right) button is pressed:
 .TS
 center;
diff --git a/man4/ram.4 b/man4/ram.4
index 69cf89bbc..61117f022 100644
--- a/man4/ram.4
+++ b/man4/ram.4
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 .SH NAME
 ram \- ram disk device
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The \fIram\fP device is a block device to access the ram disk in raw mode.
+The
+.I ram
+device is a block device to access the ram disk in raw mode.
 .LP
 It is typically created by:
 .RS
diff --git a/man8/sync.8 b/man8/sync.8
index e486de164..9a5ffa75f 100644
--- a/man8/sync.8
+++ b/man8/sync.8
@@ -60,8 +60,13 @@ Print version information on standard output, then exit successfully.
 .B "\-\-"
 Terminate option list.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
-The variables \fBLANG\fP, \fBLC_ALL\fP, \fBLC_CTYPE\fP,
-and \fBLC_MESSAGES\fP have the usual meaning.
+The variables
+.BR LANG ,
+.BR LC_ALL ,
+.BR LC_CTYPE ,
+and
+.B LC_MESSAGES
+have the usual meaning.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 POSIX.2.
 .SH NOTES