diff --git a/man2/msgop.2 b/man2/msgop.2
index 92d6031a5..728f88f1a 100644
--- a/man2/msgop.2
+++ b/man2/msgop.2
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ to include these header files.
 
 The
 .I msgp
-argument is declared as \fIstruct msgbuf *\fP with
+argument is declared as \fIstruct msgbuf\ *\fP with
 libc4, libc5, glibc 2.0, glibc 2.1.
-It is declared as \fIvoid *\fP
+It is declared as \fIvoid\ *\fP
 with glibc 2.2 and later, as required by SUSv2 and SUSv3.
 
 The following limits on message queue resources affect the