diff --git a/man2/add_key.2 b/man2/add_key.2
index 169f0bfb1..ca13496c7 100644
--- a/man2/add_key.2
+++ b/man2/add_key.2
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@ and can be specified as the
 argument to
 .BR add_key ():
 .TP
-.B \*(lquser\*(rq
+.IR """user"""
 Keys of the user-defined key type may contain a blob of arbitrary data, and the
 .I description
 may be any valid string, though it is preferred that the description be
 prefixed with a string representing the service to which the key is of interest
 and a colon (for instance
-.RB \*(lq afs:mykey \*(rq).
+.IR """afs:mykey""" ).
 .TP
-.B \*(lqkeyring\*(rq
+.I """keyring"""
 Keyrings are special key types that may contain links to sequences of other
 keys of any type.
 If this interface is used to create a keyring, then a NULL