diff --git a/man2/getuid.2 b/man2/getuid.2
index 47cf30646..3c7edb7cb 100644
--- a/man2/getuid.2
+++ b/man2/getuid.2
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.
 .SS History
 In Unix V6 the
 .BR getuid ()
-call returned (euid << 8) + uid.
+call returned
+.IR "(euid << 8) + uid" .
 Unix V7 introduced separate calls
 .BR getuid ()
 and