diff --git a/man8/nscd.8 b/man8/nscd.8
index 8ff1bf45b..708145090 100644
--- a/man8/nscd.8
+++ b/man8/nscd.8
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 .SH NAME
 nscd \- name service cache daemon
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Nscd is a daemon that provides a cache for the most common name service
+.B nscd
+is a daemon that provides a cache for the most common name service
 requests.
 The default configuration file,
 .IR /etc/nscd.conf ,
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ determines the behavior of the cache daemon.
 See
 .BR nscd.conf (5).
 
-Nscd provides caching for accesses of the
+.B nscd
+provides caching for accesses of the
 .BR passwd (5),
 .BR group (5),
 .BR hosts (5)