diff --git a/man2/mkdirat.2 b/man2/mkdirat.2
index ff9390bf3..d97940b29 100644
--- a/man2/mkdirat.2
+++ b/man2/mkdirat.2
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ is relative and
 .I dirfd
 is the special value
 .BR AT_FDCWD ,
-then pathname is interpreted relative to the current working 
+then
+.I pathname
+is interpreted relative to the current working 
 directory of the calling process (like
 .BR mkdir (2)).
 
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ is absolute, then
 .I dirfd 
 is ignored.
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
+On success,
 .BR mkdirat () 
 returns 0.  
 On error, \-1 is returned and
diff --git a/man2/mknodat.2 b/man2/mknodat.2
index 6705d4756..00808243d 100644
--- a/man2/mknodat.2
+++ b/man2/mknodat.2
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ is relative and
 .I dirfd
 is the special value
 .BR AT_FDCWD ,
-then pathname is interpreted relative to the current working 
+then
+.I pathname
+is interpreted relative to the current working 
 directory of the calling process (like
 .BR mknod (2)).