diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
index b9fdb4a8a..ae15cc6bc 100644
--- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -2193,7 +2193,10 @@ The entries are from most to least recent, so the first entry
 has the most recent branch.
 
 Support for
-.IR mispred ", " predicted " and " cycles
+.IR mispred ,
+.IR predicted ,
+and
+.IR cycles
 is optional; if not supported, those
 values will be 0.