diff --git a/man2/shmop.2 b/man2/shmop.2
index bcd1abf06..e53ea619d 100644
--- a/man2/shmop.2
+++ b/man2/shmop.2
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ to the address space of the calling process.
 The attaching address is specified by
 .I shmaddr
 with one of the following criteria:
-.LP
+.IP * 3
 If
 .I shmaddr
 is NULL,
 the system chooses a suitable (unused) address at which to attach
 the segment.
-.LP
+.IP *
 If
 .I shmaddr
 isn't NULL
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ the attach occurs at the address equal to
 .I shmaddr
 rounded down to the nearest multiple of
 .BR SHMLBA .
-Otherwise
+.IP *
+Otherwise,
 .I shmaddr
 must be a page-aligned address at which the attach occurs.
 .PP