diff --git a/man3/rtime.3 b/man3/rtime.3
index 2ced8166c..8137f4822 100644
--- a/man3/rtime.3
+++ b/man3/rtime.3
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ Try the example program with
 set to 1.
 .LP
 Libc5 uses the prototype
-.br
-int rtime(struct sockaddr_in *, struct timeval *, struct timeval *);
-.br
+.nf
+
+    int rtime(struct sockaddr_in *, struct timeval *, struct timeval *);
+
+.fi
 and requires
 .I <sys/time.h>
 instead of