diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7
index 1fc27e3f1..d370ea276 100644
--- a/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man7/unix.7
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ as the socket family.
 .B SO_PASSCRED
 Enables the receiving of the credentials of the sending process in an
 ancillary message.
-When this option is set and the socket is not yet connected
+.IP
+When this option is set and the socket is not yet connected,
 a unique name in the abstract namespace will be generated automatically.
 .IP
 The value given as an argument to