diff --git a/man2/capget.2 b/man2/capget.2
index 913cf8fbc..d3435db07 100644
--- a/man2/capget.2
+++ b/man2/capget.2
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ setting capabilities.
 Not only are these system calls specific to Linux,
 but the kernel API is likely to change and use of
 these functions (in particular the format of the
-.B cap_user_*_t
+.I cap_user_*_t
 types) is subject to change with each kernel revision.
 .sp
 The portable interfaces are