diff --git a/man7/user_namespaces.7 b/man7/user_namespaces.7
index 2b8885fe2..905bcd483 100644
--- a/man7/user_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/user_namespaces.7
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ but, for consistency, the kernel provides dummy user and group
 ID mapping files for this namespace.
 Looking at the
 .I uid_map
-file (the
-.I gid_map
+file
+.RI ( gid_map
 is the same) from a shell in the initial namespace shows:
 
 .in +4n