diff --git a/man2/select.2 b/man2/select.2
index 2be0e384e..582e01f61 100644
--- a/man2/select.2
+++ b/man2/select.2
@@ -209,11 +209,11 @@ structure (shown below) that specifies the interval that
 should block waiting for a file descriptor to become ready.
 The call will block until either:
 .RS
-.IP * 3
+.IP \(bu 2
 a file descriptor becomes ready;
-.IP *
+.IP \(bu
 the call is interrupted by a signal handler; or
-.IP *
+.IP \(bu
 the timeout expires.
 .RE
 .IP
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ The operation of
 and
 .BR pselect ()
 is identical, other than these three differences:
-.TP
-(i)
+.IP \(bu 2
 .BR select ()
 uses a timeout that is a
 .I struct timeval
@@ -258,16 +257,14 @@ uses a timeout that is a
 uses a
 .I struct timespec
 (with seconds and nanoseconds).
-.TP
-(ii)
+.IP \(bu
 .BR select ()
 may update the
 .I timeout
 argument to indicate how much time was left.
 .BR pselect ()
 does not change this argument.
-.TP
-(iii)
+.IP \(bu
 .BR select ()
 has no
 .I sigmask