diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7
index 31b1a8c8c..2768d4912 100644
--- a/man7/epoll.7
+++ b/man7/epoll.7
@@ -179,28 +179,30 @@ If the system is in
 mode via
 .I /sys/power/autosleep
 and an event happens which wakes the device from sleep, the device
-driver will only keep the device awake until that event is queued.  To
-keep the device awake until the event has been processed it is
-necessary to use
-.B epoll
-and the
+driver will only keep the device awake until that event is queued.
+To keep the device awake until the event has been processed,
+it is necessary to use the
+.BR epoll (7)
 .B EPOLLWAKEUP
 flag.
 
-When this flag is set in the
+When the
+.B EPOLLWAKEUP
+flag is set in the
 .B events
 field for a
-.I struct epoll_event
-then system will be kept awake from the moment the event is queued,
+.IR "struct epoll_event" ,
+the system will be kept awake from the moment the event is queued,
 through the
-.IR epoll_wait (2)
+.BR epoll_wait (2)
 call which returns the event until the subsequent
-.IR epoll_wait (2)
-call.  If the event should keep the system awake beyond that time,
-the a separate
+.BR epoll_wait (2)
+call.
+If the event should keep the system awake beyond that time,
+then a separate
 .I wake_lock
 should be taken before the second
-.IR epoll_wait (2)
+.BR epoll_wait (2)
 call.
 .SS /proc interfaces
 The following interfaces can be used to limit the amount of