diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7
index 08ce4845b..ab71e5a45 100644
--- a/man7/environ.7
+++ b/man7/environ.7
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ The terminal type for which output is to be prepared.
 .TP
 .B PAGER
 The user's preferred utility to display text files.
-Any string acceptable as a command_string operand to the
+Any string acceptable as a command-string operand to the
 .I sh\ \-c
 command shall be valid.
 .TP
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ and
 .B USER
 variables are set when the user is changed via a
 session management interface, typically by a program such as
-.B login(1)
+.BR login (1)
 from a user database (such as
 .BR passwd (5)).
 (Switching to the root user using