diff --git a/man8/zic.8 b/man8/zic.8
index b38e2b9fa..d042fd272 100644
--- a/man8/zic.8
+++ b/man8/zic.8
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ zic \- timezone compiler
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 \\$3\*(lq\\$1\*(rq\\$2
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-.I Zic
-reads text from the file(s) named on the command line
+The
+.B zic
+program reads text from the file(s) named on the command line
 and creates the time conversion information files specified in this input.
 If a
 .I filename
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ in the standard directory named below.
 .TP
 .BI "\-l " timezone
 Use the given timezone as local time.
-.I Zic
+.B zic
 will act as if the input contained a link line of the form
 .sp
 .ti +.5i
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ Link	\fItimezone\fP		localtime
 .BI "\-p " timezone
 Use the given timezone's rules when handling POSIX-format
 timezone environment variables.
-.I Zic
+.B zic
 will act as if the input contained a link line of the form
 .sp
 .ti +.5i