diff --git a/man3/argz_add.3 b/man3/argz_add.3
index 4ed9b924b..98a89c0f5 100644
--- a/man3/argz_add.3
+++ b/man3/argz_add.3
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ delimiter ':'.
 .LP
 .BR argz_append ()
 appends the argz vector
-.RI ( buf , buf_len )
+.RI ( buf ,\  buf_len )
 after
 .RI ( *argz ,\  *argz_len )
 and updates
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ will be increased by
 .BR argz_count ()
 counts the number of strings, that is,
 the number of null bytes ('\\0'), in
-.RI ( argz , argz_len ).
+.RI ( argz ,\ argz_len ).
 .LP
 .BR argz_create ()
 converts a Unix-style argument vector
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and
 is the opposite of
 .BR argz_create ().
 It takes the argz vector
-.RI ( argz , argz_len )
+.RI ( argz ,\ argz_len )
 and fills the array starting at
 .I argv
 with pointers to the substrings, and a final NULL,
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ It inserts the argument
 at position
 .I before
 into the argz vector
-.RI ( *argz ,\ *argz_len )
+.RI ( *argz ,\  *argz_len )
 and updates
 .I *argz
 and
diff --git a/man3/envz_add.3 b/man3/envz_add.3
index f06738e33..b6c0ba798 100644
--- a/man3/envz_add.3
+++ b/man3/envz_add.3
@@ -12,27 +12,24 @@ envz_remove, envz_strip \- environment string support
 .sp
 .B "#include <envz.h>"
 .sp
-.B "error_t"
-.BI "envz_add(char **" envz ", size_t *" envz_len ,
-.ti 16n
+.BI "error_t envz_add(char **" envz ", size_t *" envz_len ,
+.ti 20n
 .BI "const char *" name ", const char *" value );
 .sp
-.B "char *"
-.BI "envz_entry(const char *" envz ", size_t *" envz_len ", const char *" name );
+.BI "char *envz_entry(const char *" envz ", size_t *" envz_len \
+", const char *" name );
 .sp
-.B "char *"
-.BI "envz_get(const char *" envz ", size_t *" envz_len ", const char *" name );
+.BI "char *envz_get(const char *" envz ", size_t *" envz_len \
+", const char *" name );
 .sp
-.B "error_t"
-.BI "envz_merge(char **" envz ", size_t *" envz_len ,
-.ti 16n
+.BI "error_t envz_merge(char **" envz ", size_t *" envz_len ,
+.ti 20n
 .BI "const char *" envz2 ", size_t " envz2_len ", int " override );
 .sp
-.B "void"
-.BI "envz_remove(char **" envz ", size_t *" envz_len ", const char *" name );
+.BI "void envz_remove(char **" envz ", size_t *" envz_len \
+", const char *" name );
 .sp
-.B "void"
-.BI "envz_strip(char **" envz ", size_t *" envz_len );
+.BI "void envz_strip(char **" envz ", size_t *" envz_len );
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These functions are glibc-specific.
 .LP
@@ -58,11 +55,11 @@ is non-NULL) or
 (in case
 .I value
 is NULL) to the envz vector
-.RI (* envz ,* envz_len )
+.RI ( *envz ,\  *envz_len )
 and updates
-.RI * envz
+.I *envz
 and
-.RI * envz_len .
+.IR *envz_len .
 If an entry with the same
 .I name
 existed, it is removed.
@@ -71,14 +68,14 @@ existed, it is removed.
 looks for
 .I name
 in the envz vector
-.RI ( envz , envz_len )
+.RI ( envz ,\  envz_len )
 and returns the entry if found, or NULL if not.
 .LP
 .BR envz_get ()
 looks for
 .I name
 in the envz vector
-.RI ( envz , envz_len )
+.RI ( envz ,\  envz_len )
 and returns the value if found, or NULL if not.
 (Note that the value can also be NULL, namely when there is
 an entry for
@@ -89,7 +86,7 @@ without '=' sign.)
 adds each entry in
 .I envz2
 to
-.RI * envz ,
+.IR *envz ,
 as if with
 .BR envz_add ().
 If
@@ -97,14 +94,14 @@ If
 is true, then values in
 .I envz2
 will supersede those with the same name in
-.RI * envz ,
+.IR *envz ,
 otherwise not.
 .LP
 .BR envz_remove ()
 removes the entry for
 .I name
 from
-.RI (* envz ,* envz_len )
+.RI ( *envz ,\  *envz_len )
 if there was one.
 .LP
 .BR envz_strip ()