diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index 9d9aba719..f34eca3d8 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ Thus, an application located in
 .I somedir/app
 could be compiled with
 .IP
-    gcc \-Wl,\-rpath,\(aq$ORIGIN/../lib\(aq
+.in +4n
+.EX
+gcc \-Wl,\-rpath,\(aq$ORIGIN/../lib\(aq
+.EE
+.in
 .IP
 so that it finds an associated shared object in
 .I somedir/lib