diff --git a/man3/getgrouplist.3 b/man3/getgrouplist.3
index 61c88f75f..aea52d999 100644
--- a/man3/getgrouplist.3
+++ b/man3/getgrouplist.3
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     ngroups = atoi(argv[2]);
 
-    groups = malloc(ngroups * sizeof (gid_t));
+    groups = malloc(ngroups * sizeof(gid_t));
     if (groups == NULL) {
         perror("malloc");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index e60d9c82b..9b2d7a4e5 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ handle_events(int fd, int *wd, int argc, char* argv[])
 
         /* Read some events. */
 
-        len = read(fd, buf, sizeof buf);
+        len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
         if (len == \-1 && errno != EAGAIN) {
             perror("read");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);