diff --git a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8 b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
index 1af95c8cc606..87ee73c02063 100644
--- a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
+++ b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ Other common types are
 .Cm unused
 and
 .Cm swap .
-By convention, partition c represents the entire slice and should be of type
+By convention, partition
+.Dq c
+represents the entire slice and should be of type
 .Cm unused ,
 though
 .Nm
@@ -649,7 +651,8 @@ does not enforce this convention.
 also knows about a number of other partition types, none of which are in current
 use.
 See the definitions starting with
-.Dv FS_UNUSED in
+.Dv FS_UNUSED
+in
 .Pa /usr/include/sys/disklabel.h 
 for more details.
 .It fsize
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
index 1af95c8cc606..87ee73c02063 100644
--- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
+++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ Other common types are
 .Cm unused
 and
 .Cm swap .
-By convention, partition c represents the entire slice and should be of type
+By convention, partition
+.Dq c
+represents the entire slice and should be of type
 .Cm unused ,
 though
 .Nm
@@ -649,7 +651,8 @@ does not enforce this convention.
 also knows about a number of other partition types, none of which are in current
 use.
 See the definitions starting with
-.Dv FS_UNUSED in
+.Dv FS_UNUSED
+in
 .Pa /usr/include/sys/disklabel.h 
 for more details.
 .It fsize