diff --git a/man2/chroot.2 b/man2/chroot.2
index 22ff3a03c..2b57ee364 100644
--- a/man2/chroot.2
+++ b/man2/chroot.2
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ chroot \- change root directory
 .BR chroot ()
 changes the root directory to that specified in
 .IR path .
-This directory will be used for pathnames beginning with /.
+This directory will be used for pathnames beginning with \fB/\fP.
 The root directory is inherited by all children of the current process.
 
 Only a privileged process (Linux: one with the
diff --git a/man2/mremap.2 b/man2/mremap.2
index 4ac26ce09..83deca629 100644
--- a/man2/mremap.2
+++ b/man2/mremap.2
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ On success
 returns a pointer to the new virtual memory area.
 On error, the value
 .B MAP_FAILED
-(that is, (void *) \-1) is returned, and \fIerrno\fR is set appropriately.
+(that is, \fB(void *) \-1)\fP is returned,
+and \fIerrno\fR is set appropriately.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EAGAIN
diff --git a/man2/time.2 b/man2/time.2
index 27220f7e6..642421f96 100644
--- a/man2/time.2
+++ b/man2/time.2
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ the return value is also stored in the memory pointed to by
 .IR t .
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 On success, the value of time in seconds since the Epoch is returned.
-On error, ((time_t)\-1) is returned, and \fIerrno\fP is set
+On error, \fI((time_t)\-1)\fP is returned, and \fIerrno\fP is set
 appropriately.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
diff --git a/man3/catopen.3 b/man3/catopen.3
index fae0b787c..44e59fb09 100644
--- a/man3/catopen.3
+++ b/man3/catopen.3
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The function
 returns a message catalog descriptor of type
 .I nl_catd
 on success.
-On failure, it returns (nl_catd) \-1
+On failure, it returns \fI(nl_catd) \-1\fP
 and sets
 .I errno
 to indicate the error.