diff --git a/man4/cpuid.4 b/man4/cpuid.4
index 4cdc3e5f7..8168837b6 100644
--- a/man4/cpuid.4
+++ b/man4/cpuid.4
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ cpuid \- x86 CPUID access device
 CPUID provides an interface for querying information about the x86 CPU.
 
 This device is accessed by
-.B lseek (2)
+.BR lseek (2)
 or
-.B pread (2)
+.BR pread (2)
 to the appropriate CPUID level and reading in chunks of 16 bytes.
 A larger read size means multiple reads of consecutive levels.