diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
index b8e0755aa..fb64f06c1 100644
--- a/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ and waits until an event of type
 .B FAN_CREATE
 has occurred.
 The event mask indicates which type of filesystem object\(emeither
-a file or a directory\(emwas created".
+a file or a directory\(emwas created.
 Once all events have been read from the buffer and processed accordingly,
 the program simply terminates.
 .PP
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     struct fanotify_event_info_fid *fid;
 
     if (argc != 2) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid number of command line arguments.\e\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid number of command line arguments.\en");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    printf("Listening for events.\e\n");
+    printf("Listening for events.\en");
 
     /* Read events from the event queue into a buffer */
 
@@ -1047,22 +1047,22 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
             FAN_EVENT_OK(metadata, len);
             metadata = FAN_EVENT_NEXT(metadata, len)) {
         fid = (struct fanotify_event_info_fid *) (metadata + 1);
-        file_handle = (struct file_handle *) fid->handle;
+        file_handle = (struct file_handle *) fid\->handle;
 
         /* Ensure that the event info is of the correct type */
 
-        if (fid->hdr.info_type != FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_FID) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Received unexpected event info type.\e\n");
+        if (fid\->hdr.info_type != FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_FID) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Received unexpected event info type.\en");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 
-        if (metadata->mask == FAN_CREATE)
+        if (metadata\->mask == FAN_CREATE)
             printf("FAN_CREATE (file created):");
 
-        if (metadata->mask == FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR)
+        if (metadata\->mask == FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR)
             printf("FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR (subdirectory created):");
 
-        /* metadata->fd is set to FAN_NOFD when FAN_REPORT_FID is enabled.
+        /* metadata\->fd is set to FAN_NOFD when FAN_REPORT_FID is enabled.
            To obtain a file descriptor for the file object corresponding to
            an event you can use the struct file_handle that\(aqs provided
            within the fanotify_event_info_fid in conjunction with the
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         if (ret == \-1) {
             if (errno == ESTALE) {
                 printf("File handle is no longer valid. "
-                        "File has been deleted\e\n");
+                        "File has been deleted\en");
                 continue;
             } else {
                 perror("open_by_handle_at");
@@ -1093,15 +1093,15 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 
-        path[path_len] = \(aq\e\0\(aq;
-        printf("\etDirectory \(aq%s\(aq has been modified.\e\n", path);
+        path[path_len] = \(aq\e0\(aq;
+        printf("\etDirectory \(aq%s\(aq has been modified.\en", path);
 
         /* Close associated file descriptor for this event */
 
         close(event_fd);
     }
 
-    printf("All events processed successfully. Program exiting.\e\n");
+    printf("All events processed successfully. Program exiting.\en");
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 .EE