diff --git a/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 b/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1
index 2770901c4ed5..25891c0f003b 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ The options are as follows:
 Use
 .Ar fill
 as the fill byte for newly formatted sectors.
+The
 .Ar fill
+argument
 must be a number in the range 0 through 255 using common C
 language notation.
 The default value is