diff --git a/man2/mbind.2 b/man2/mbind.2
index f2d38ff23..3152a0e9c 100644
--- a/man2/mbind.2
+++ b/man2/mbind.2
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ The
 .B MPOL_DEFAULT
 mode specifies that the default policy should be used.
 When applied to a range of memory via
-.IR mbind (),
+.BR mbind (),
 this means to use the process policy,
 which may have been set with
 .BR set_mempolicy (2).
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ arguments specify the empty set, then the memory is allocated on
 the node of the CPU that triggered the allocation.
 This is the only way to specify "local allocation" for a
 range of memory via
-.IR mbind ().
+.BR mbind ().
 
 If
 .B MPOL_MF_STRICT