diff --git a/man2/membarrier.2 b/man2/membarrier.2
index 81d573dd5..c4285bfe0 100644
--- a/man2/membarrier.2
+++ b/man2/membarrier.2
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ All threads on the system are targeted by this command.
 Execute a memory barrier on all running threads of all processes that
 previously registered with
 .BR MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED .
+.IP
 Upon return from the system call, the calling thread has a guarantee that all
 running threads have passed through a state where all memory accesses to
 user-space addresses match program order between entry to and return
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ from the system call (non-running threads are de facto in such a state).
 This guarantee is provided only for the threads of processes that
 previously registered with
 .BR MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED .
+.IP
 Given that registration is about the intent to receive the barriers, it
 is valid to invoke
 .BR MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ memory barriers.
 .BR MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED " (since Linux 4.14)"
 Execute a memory barrier on each running thread belonging to the same
 process as the calling thread.
+.IP
 Upon return from the system call, the calling
 thread has a guarantee that all its running thread siblings have passed
 through a state where all memory accesses to user-space addresses match
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@ the same process as the calling thread.
 .IP
 The "expedited" commands complete faster than the non-expedited ones;
 they never block, but have the downside of causing extra overhead.
+.IP
 A process must register its intent to use the private
 expedited command prior to using it.
 .TP
@@ -140,8 +144,10 @@ upon return from system call the calling thread has a guarantee that all its
 running thread siblings have executed a core serializing instruction.
 This guarantee is provided only for threads in
 the same process as the calling thread.
+.IP
 The "expedited" commands complete faster than the non-expedited ones,
 they never block, but have the downside of causing extra overhead.
+.IP
 A process must register its intent to use the private expedited sync
 core command prior to using it.
 .TP