diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8
index b1b61750b152..23beca355ba9 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/dump.8
+++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8
@@ -387,11 +387,14 @@ used, also on a cyclical basis.
 After several months or so, the daily and weekly tapes should get
 rotated out of the dump cycle and fresh tapes brought in.
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
-The environment variable
-.Ev RMT
-will be used to determine the pathname of the remote
+.Bl -tag -width ".Ev TAPE"
+.It Ev TAPE
+Device from which to read backup.
+.It Ev RMT
+Pathname of the remote
 .Xr rmt 8
 program.
+.El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/dumpdates -compact
 .It Pa /dev/sa0