diff --git a/man3/fseek.3 b/man3/fseek.3
index 334f20266..300dfd562 100644
--- a/man3/fseek.3
+++ b/man3/fseek.3
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ functions are alternate interfaces equivalent to
 .BR ftell ()
 and
 .BR fseek ()
-(with whence set to
+(with
+.I whence
+set to
 .BR SEEK_SET ),
 setting and storing the current value of the file offset into or from the
 object referenced by