diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index c2f5baeac..8bb1a4166 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH LD.SO 8 2017-05-03 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-ld.so, ld-linux.so \- dynamic linker/loader
+ld.so, ld\-linux.so \- dynamic linker/loader
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 The dynamic linker can be run either indirectly by running some
 dynamically linked program or shared object
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ which is stored in the
 .B .interp
 section of the program is executed) or directly by running:
 .P
-.I /lib/ld-linux.so.*
+.I /lib/ld\-linux.so.*
 [OPTIONS] [PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS]]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The programs
 .B ld.so
 and
-.B ld-linux.so*
+.B ld\-linux.so*
 find and load the shared objects (shared libraries) needed by a program,
 prepare the program to run, and then run it.
 .LP
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ during compilation.
 The program
 .B ld.so
 handles a.out binaries, a format used long ago;
-.B ld-linux.so*
-(\fI/lib/ld-linux.so.1\fP for libc5, \fI/lib/ld-linux.so.2\fP for glibc2)
+.B ld\-linux.so*
+(\fI/lib/ld\-linux.so.1\fP for libc5, \fI/lib/ld\-linux.so.2\fP for glibc2)
 handles ELF,
 which everybody has been using for years now.
 Otherwise, both have the same behavior, and use the same
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ List all dependencies and how they are resolved.
 Verify that program is dynamically linked and this dynamic linker can handle
 it.
 .TP
-.B \-\-inhibit-cache
+.B \-\-inhibit\-cache
 Do not use
 .IR /etc/ld.so.cache .
 .TP
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ Profiling output is appended to the file whose name is:
 
 Since glibc 2.2.5,
 .BR LD_PROFILE
-is ignored in secure execution mode.
+is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 .TP
 .BR LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT " (since glibc 2.1)"
 Directory where
@@ -713,6 +713,6 @@ mtrr, pat, pbe, pge, pn, pse36, sep, ss, sse, sse2, tm
 .\" .SH AUTHORS
 .\" ld.so: David Engel, Eric Youngdale, Peter MacDonald, Hongjiu Lu, Linus
 .\"  Torvalds, Lars Wirzenius and Mitch D'Souza
-.\" ld-linux.so: Roland McGrath, Ulrich Drepper and others.
+.\" ld\-linux.so: Roland McGrath, Ulrich Drepper and others.
 .\"
-.\" In the above, (libc5) stands for David Engel's ld.so/ld-linux.so.
+.\" In the above, (libc5) stands for David Engel's ld.so/ld\-linux.so.