diff --git a/man2/process_vm_readv.2 b/man2/process_vm_readv.2
index 358201bd6..a4aa19a28 100644
--- a/man2/process_vm_readv.2
+++ b/man2/process_vm_readv.2
@@ -53,25 +53,48 @@ process_vm_readv, process_vm_writev \- read/write from/to another processes' add
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR process_vm_readv ()
-function reads from the memory locations described by the \fIriovcnt\fP
-buffers from \fIrvec\fP in the process identified by \fIpid\fP into
-\fIliovcnt\fP buffers described by \fIlvec\fP in the current process. 
+function reads from the memory locations described by the 
+.I riovcnt
+buffers from 
+.I rvec
+in the process identified by 
+.I pid
+into
+.I liovcnt
+buffers described by 
+.I lvec
+in the current process. 
 
 The
 .BR process_vm_writev ()
 function is the inverse of
-.BR process_vm_readv ()
-\-\- it writes into the memory locations described by \fIriovcnt\fP buffers
-from \fIrvec\fP in the process identified by \fIpid\fP into \fIliovcnt\fP
-buffers described by \fIlvec\fP in the current process.
+.BR process_vm_readv ()\(emit
+writes into the memory locations described by 
+.I riovcnt
+buffers
+from 
+.I rvec
+in the process identified by 
+.I pid
+into 
+.I liovcnt
+buffers described by 
+.I lvec
+in the current process.
 
-The count values might be individually capped according to \fIUIO_MAXIOV\fP.
+The count values might be individually capped according to
+.BR UIO_MAXIOV .
 If the Linux kernel is capped at smaller values, the C library will take care
 of emulating the limit it exposes (if it is bigger) so the user only needs to
 care about that (what the C library defines).
 
-The pointers \fIlvec\fP and \fIrvec\fP point to an array of iovec structures
-defined in
+The pointers 
+.I lvec
+and 
+.I rvec
+point to an array of
+.I iovec
+structures, defined in
 .IR <sys/uio.h>
 as:
 
@@ -86,17 +109,35 @@ struct iovec {
 
 Buffers are processed in array order.  This means that
 .BR process_vm_readv ()
-completely fills \fIlvec[0]\fP before proceeding to \fIlvec[1]\fP, and
-so on.  Along those lines, \fIrvec[0]\fP is completely read before
-proceeding to \fIrvec[1]\fP and so on.
+completely fills 
+.I lvec[0]
+before proceeding to 
+.IR lvec[1] ,
+and
+so on.
+Along those lines, 
+.I rvec[0]
+is completely read before proceeding to 
+.I rvec[1]
+and so on.
 
 Similarly,
 .BR process_vm_writev ()
-writes out the entire contents of \fIlvec[0]\fP before proceeding to
-\fIlvec[1]\fP, and it completely fills \fIrevc[0]\fP before proceeding
-to \fIrvec[1]\fP.
+writes out the entire contents of 
+.I lvec[0]
+before proceeding to
+.IR lvec[1] ,
+and it completely fills 
+.I revc[0]
+before proceeding
+to 
+.IR rvec[1] .
 
-The lengths of \fIrvec[i]\fP and \fIlvec[i]\fP do not have to be the same.
+The lengths of 
+.I rvec[i]
+and 
+.I lvec[i]
+do not have to be the same.
 This allows you to split a single local buffer into multiple remote buffers,
 or vice versa.
 
@@ -113,7 +154,9 @@ error will be returned immediately.  Keep this in mind when attempting to
 extract data of unknown length (such as C strings which are NULL terminated)
 by avoiding spanning memory pages (typically 4KiB).
 
-The \fIflags\fP parameter is currently unused and must be set to 0.
+The 
+.I flags
+parameter is currently unused and must be set to 0.
 
 In order to read or write from or to another process you must have
 the capability
@@ -138,41 +181,62 @@ is set appropriately.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
-The sum of the \fIiov_len\fP values of either \fIlvec\fP or \fIrvec\fP
-overflows a ssize_t value.
+The sum of the 
+.I iov_len
+values of either 
+.I lvec
+or 
+.I rvec
+overflows a
+.I ssize_t
+value.
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
-The value of the \fIflags\fP parameter is not 0.
+The value of the 
+.I flags
+parameter is not 0.
 .TP
 .B EFAULT
-The memory described by \fIlvec\fP is outside your accessible address space.
+The memory described by 
+.I lvec
+is outside your accessible address space.
 .TP
 .B EFAULT
-The memory described by \fIrvec\fP is outside the accessible address space
-of process \fIpid\fP.
+The memory described by 
+.I rvec
+is outside the accessible address space
+of process 
+.IR pid .
 .TP
 .B ENOMEM
 Out of memory.
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 .RB ( process_vm_readv ())
-You do not have permission to read from process \fIpid\fP.
+You do not have permission to read from process 
+.IR pid .
+
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 .RB ( process_vm_writev ())
-You do not have permission to write to process \fIpid\fP.
+You do not have permission to write to process 
+.IR pid .
 .TP
 .B ESRCH
-\fIpid\fP does not exist.
+.I pid
+does not exist.
 .SH VERSIONS
 These functions are available since glibc 2.15 and Linux 3.2.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
 These functions are Linux extensions, not in C or POSIX.  
 .SH EXAMPLE
-The following code sample demonstrates the use of process_vm_readv().
+The following code sample demonstrates the use of
+.BR process_vm_readv ().
 It reads 20 bytes at the address 0x10000 from the process with PID 10 
-and writes the first 10 bytes into buf1 and the second 10 bytes into
-buf2.
+and writes the first 10 bytes into
+.I buf1
+and the second 10 bytes into
+.IR buf2 .
 .sp
 .nf
 #include <sys/uio.h>