diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2
index cc5d469ea..c0dd43e8b 100644
--- a/man2/stat.2
+++ b/man2/stat.2
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ struct stat {
 .fi
 .in
 
-.I Note:
+.IR Note :
 the order of fields in the
 .I stat
 structure varies somewhat
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ if you need to know the details.
 
 .\" Background: inode attributes are modified with i_mutex held, but
 .\" read by stat() without taking the mutex.
-.I Note:
+.IR Note :
 For performance and simplicity reasons, different fields in the
 .I stat
 structure may contain state information from different moments