diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index ec79947d4..02e605aa2 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -250,8 +250,7 @@ LinuxThreads and NPTL
 see
 .BR pthreads (7).
 .TP
-.B LD_BIND_NOW
-(libc5; glibc since 2.1.1)
+.BR LD_BIND_NOW " (libc5; glibc since 2.1.1)"
 If set to a nonempty string,
 causes the dynamic linker to resolve all symbols
 at program startup instead of deferring function call resolution to the point
@@ -320,8 +319,7 @@ as described above in
 .\" which will reload the libmod.so in 'lib' or 'lib64', using it
 .\" in preference to the version in '.'.
 .TP
-.B LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
-(ELF only)
+.BR LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS " (ELF only)"
 If set (to any value), causes the program to list its dynamic
 dependencies, as if run by
 .BR ldd (1),
@@ -330,24 +328,21 @@ instead of running normally.
 Then there are lots of more or less obscure variables,
 many obsolete or only for internal use.
 .TP
-.B LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH
-(libc5)
+.BR LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH " (libc5)"
 Version of
 .B LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 for a.out binaries only.
 Old versions of ld\-linux.so.1 also supported
 .BR LD_ELF_LIBRARY_PATH .
 .TP
-.B LD_AOUT_PRELOAD
-(libc5)
+.BR LD_AOUT_PRELOAD " (libc5)"
 Version of
 .B LD_PRELOAD
 for a.out binaries only.
 Old versions of ld\-linux.so.1 also supported
 .BR LD_ELF_PRELOAD .
 .TP
-.B LD_AUDIT
-(glibc since 2.4)
+.BR LD_AUDIT " (glibc since 2.4)"
 A colon-separated list of user-specified, ELF shared objects
 to be loaded before all others in a separate linker namespace
 (i.e., one that does not intrude upon the normal symbol bindings that
@@ -369,14 +364,12 @@ as described in its
 in the chapter
 .IR "Runtime Linker Auditing Interface" .
 .TP
-.B LD_BIND_NOT
-(glibc since 2.1.95)
+.BR LD_BIND_NOT " (glibc since 2.1.95)"
 If this environment variable is set to a nonempty string,
 do not update the GOT (global offset table) and PLT (procedure linkage table)
 after resolving a symbol.
 .TP
-.B LD_DEBUG
-(glibc since 2.1)
+.BR LD_DEBUG " (glibc since 2.1)"
 Output verbose debugging information about the dynamic linker.
 If set to
 .BR all ,
@@ -428,8 +421,7 @@ is ignored in secure-execution mode, unless the file
 .IR /etc/suid\-debug
 exists (the content of the file is irrelevant).
 .TP
-.B LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT
-(glibc since 2.1)
+.BR LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT " (glibc since 2.1)"
 File in which
 .B LD_DEBUG
 output should be written.
@@ -437,8 +429,7 @@ The default is standard error.
 .B LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 .TP
-.B LD_DYNAMIC_WEAK
-(glibc since 2.1.91)
+.BR LD_DYNAMIC_WEAK " (glibc since 2.1.91)"
 If this environment variable is defined (with any value),
 allow weak symbols to be overridden (reverting to old glibc behavior).
 .\" See weak handling
@@ -452,22 +443,18 @@ Since glibc 2.3.4,
 .B LD_DYNAMIC_WEAK
 is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 .TP
-.B LD_HWCAP_MASK
-(glibc since 2.1)
+.BR LD_HWCAP_MASK " (glibc since 2.1)"
 Mask for hardware capabilities.
 .TP
-.B LD_KEEPDIR
-(a.out only)(libc5)
+.BR LD_KEEPDIR " (a.out only; libc5)"
 Don't ignore the directory in the names of a.out libraries to be loaded.
 Use of this option is strongly discouraged.
 .TP
-.B LD_NOWARN
-(a.out only)(libc5)
+.BR LD_NOWARN " (a.out only; libc5)"
 Suppress warnings about a.out libraries with incompatible minor
 version numbers.
 .TP
-.B LD_ORIGIN_PATH
-(glibc since 2.1)
+.BR LD_ORIGIN_PATH " (glibc since 2.1)"
 Path where the binary is found.
 Since glibc 2.4,
 .B LD_ORIGIN_PATH
@@ -475,8 +462,7 @@ is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 .\" Only used if $ORIGIN can't be determined by normal means
 .\" (from the origin path saved at load time, or from /proc/self/exe)?
 .TP
-.B LD_POINTER_GUARD
-(glibc from 2.4 to 2.22)
+.BR LD_POINTER_GUARD " (glibc from 2.4 to 2.22)"
 Set to 0 to disable pointer guarding.
 Any other value enables pointer guarding, which is also the default.
 Pointer guarding is a security mechanism whereby some pointers to code
@@ -492,15 +478,13 @@ Since glibc 2.23,
 can no longer be used to disable pointer guarding,
 which is now always enabled.
 .TP
-.B LD_PROFILE
-(glibc since 2.1)
+.BR LD_PROFILE " (glibc since 2.1)"
 The name of a (single) shared object to be profiled,
 specified either as a pathname or a soname.
 Profiling output is appended to the file whose name is:
 "\fI$LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT\fP/\fI$LD_PROFILE\fP.profile".
 .TP
-.B LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT
-(glibc since 2.1)
+.BR LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT " (glibc since 2.1)"
 Directory where
 .B LD_PROFILE
 output should be written.
@@ -512,8 +496,7 @@ is ignored in secure-execution mode; instead
 .IR /var/profile
 is always used.
 .TP
-.B LD_SHOW_AUXV
-(glibc since 2.1)
+.BR LD_SHOW_AUXV " (glibc since 2.1)"
 If this environment variable is defined (with any value),
 show the auxiliary array passed up from the kernel (see also
 .BR getauxval (3)).
@@ -521,8 +504,7 @@ Since glibc 2.3.5,
 .B LD_SHOW_AUXV
 is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 .TP
-.B LD_TRACE_PRELINKING
-(glibc since 2.4)
+.BR LD_TRACE_PRELINKING " (glibc since 2.4)"
 If this environment variable is defined (with any value),
 trace prelinking of the object whose name is assigned to
 this environment variable.
@@ -552,20 +534,17 @@ is defined with the value 0,
 neither executables nor PIEs will honor the base addresses.
 This variable is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 .TP
-.B LD_VERBOSE
-(glibc since 2.1)
+.BR LD_VERBOSE " (glibc since 2.1)"
 If set to a nonempty string,
 output symbol versioning information about the
 program if the
 .B LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
 environment variable has been set.
 .TP
-.B LD_WARN
-(ELF only)(glibc since 2.1.3)
+.BR LD_WARN " (ELF only; glibc since 2.1.3)
 If set to a nonempty string, warn about unresolved symbols.
 .TP
-.B LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC
-(x86-64 only)(glibc since 2.23)
+.BR LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC " (x86-64 only; glibc since 2.23)"
 According to the Intel Silvermont software optimization guide, for 64-bit
 applications, branch prediction performance can be negatively impacted
 when the target of a branch is more than 4GB away from the branch.
@@ -583,8 +562,7 @@ randomization (ASLR),
 .B LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC
 is always disabled in secure-execution mode.
 .TP
-.B LDD_ARGV0
-(libc5)
+.BR LDD_ARGV0 " (libc5)"
 .IR argv [0]
 to be used by
 .BR ldd (1)