diff --git a/man3/backtrace.3 b/man3/backtrace.3
index 69f9fd0e1..9079f32c1 100644
--- a/man3/backtrace.3
+++ b/man3/backtrace.3
@@ -179,12 +179,15 @@ and
 .BR backtrace_symbols_fd ()
 don't call
 .BR malloc ()
-explicitly, but they are part of libgcc, which gets loaded dynamically
-when first used. Dynamic loading usually triggers a call to
-.BR malloc ().
-If you need certain calls to the 2 functions to not allocate memory
-(in signal handlers, for example), you need to make sure libgcc is
-loaded beforehand.
+explicitly, but they are part of
+.IR libgcc ,
+which gets loaded dynamically when first used.
+Dynamic loading usually triggers a call to
+.BR malloc (3).
+If you need certain calls to these two functions to not allocate memory
+(in signal handlers, for example), you need to make sure
+.I libgcc
+is loaded beforehand.
 .PP
 The symbol names may be unavailable without the use of special linker
 options.