diff --git a/share/man/man9/eventtimers.9 b/share/man/man9/eventtimers.9
index 2ed15d0f8051..2f528bfd1ae1 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/eventtimers.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/eventtimers.9
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct eventtimer {
 Event timers are responsible for generating interrupts at specified time
 or periodically, to run different time-based events.
 Subsystem consists of three main parts:
-.Bl -tag
+.Bl -tag -width "Consumers"
 .It Drivers
 Manage hardware to generate requested time events.
 .It Consumers
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Driver API is built around eventtimer structure.
 To register its functionality driver allocates that structure and calls
 .Fn et_register .
 Driver should fill following fields there:
-.Bl -tag
+.Bl -tag -width Va
 .It Va et_name
 Unique name of the event timer for management purposes.
 .It Va et_flags
diff --git a/share/man/man9/fail.9 b/share/man/man9/fail.9
index 5505d1370484..6a3d815d6c7a 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/fail.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/fail.9
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ A pid can optionally be specified.
 The fail point term is only executed when invoked by a process with a
 matching p_pid.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
-.Bl -tag
+.Bl -tag -width Sy
 .It Sy sysctl debug.fail_point.foobar="2.1%return(5)"
 21/1000ths of the time, execute
 .Fa code