diff --git a/sbin/ddb/ddb.8 b/sbin/ddb/ddb.8
index 9f355f2c4531..0165f56fbefd 100644
--- a/sbin/ddb/ddb.8
+++ b/sbin/ddb/ddb.8
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd 25 December, 2007
+.Dd April 4, 2008
 .Dt DDB 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm ddb
-.Nd Configure DDB kernel debugger properties
+.Nd "configure DDB kernel debugger properties"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Cm script
 .Ar scriptname
 .Nm
 .Cm script
-.Ar scriptname=script
+.Ar scriptname Ns = Ns Ar script
 .Nm
 .Cm scripts
 .Nm
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@
 .Nm
 .Ar pathname
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
 .Nm
-configures certain aspects of the
-.Xr DDB 4
+utility configures certain aspects of the
+.Xr ddb 4
 kernel debugger from user space that are not configured at compile-time or
 easily via
 .Xr sysctl 8
@@ -64,24 +65,26 @@ The file will be read line by line and applied as arguments to the
 .Nm
 utility.
 Whitespace at the beginning of lines will be ignored as will lines where the
-first non-whitespace character is #.
+first non-whitespace character is
+.Ql # .
 .Sh SCRIPTING
+The
 .Nm
-can be used to configure aspects of
-.Xr DDB 4
+utility can be used to configure aspects of
+.Xr ddb 4
 scripting from user space; scripting support is described in more detail in
-.Xr DDB 4 .
+.Xr ddb 4 .
 Each of the debugger commands is available from the command line:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Cm script Ar scriptname
 Print the script named
 .Ar scriptname .
-.It Cm script Ar scriptname=scriptvalue
+.It Cm script Ar scriptname Ns = Ns Ar script
 Define a script named
-.Ar scriptname ;
-as many scripts contain characters interpreted in special ways by the shell,
+.Ar scriptname .
+As many scripts contain characters interpreted in special ways by the shell,
 it is advisable to enclose
-.Ar scriptvalue
+.Ar script
 in quotes.
 .It Cm scripts
 List currently defined scripts.
@@ -89,6 +92,8 @@ List currently defined scripts.
 Delete the script named
 .Ar scriptname .
 .El
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following example defines a script that will execute when the kernel
 debugger is entered as a result of a break signal:
@@ -97,24 +102,22 @@ ddb script kdb.enter.break="show pcpu; bt"
 .Ed
 .Pp
 The following example will delete the script:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-ddb unscript kdb.enter.break
-.Ed
+.Pp
+.Dl "ddb unscript kdb.enter.break"
 .Pp
 For further examples, see the
 .Xr ddb 4
 and
 .Xr textdump 4
-man pages.
-.Sh EXIT STATUS
-.Ex -std
+manual pages.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ddb 4 ,
 .Xr textdump 4 ,
 .Xr sysctl 8
 .Sh HISTORY
+The
 .Nm
-first appeared in
+utility first appeared in
 .Fx 8.0 .
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An Robert N M Watson
diff --git a/sbin/ddb/ddb.c b/sbin/ddb/ddb.c
index 869e34c30bab..5e86efc1e47b 100644
--- a/sbin/ddb/ddb.c
+++ b/sbin/ddb/ddb.c
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ void
 usage(void)
 {
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage:\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "ddb script scriptname\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "ddb script scriptname=script\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "ddb scripts\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "ddb unscript scriptname\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage: ddb script scriptname\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "       ddb script scriptname=script\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "       ddb scripts\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "       ddb unscript scriptname\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "       ddb pathname\n");
 	exit(EX_USAGE);
 }