diff --git a/usr.bin/indent/indent.1 b/usr.bin/indent/indent.1
index d03a15ffd331..58c5c13210d4 100644
--- a/usr.bin/indent/indent.1
+++ b/usr.bin/indent/indent.1
@@ -248,11 +248,14 @@ used.  The default is
 .Fl fc1  .
 .It Fl fcb , nfcb
 Enables (disables) the formatting of block comments (ones that begin
-with `/*\\n').  Often, block comments have been not so carefully hand
-formatted by the programmer, but reformatting that would just change
-the line breaks is not wanted.  In such cases,
+with `/*\\n').
+Often, block comments have been not so carefully hand formatted by the
+programmer, but reformatting that would just change the line breaks is not
+wanted.
+In such cases,
 .Fl nfcb
-should be used.  Block comments are then handled like box comments.
+should be used.
+Block comments are then handled like box comments.
 The default is
 .Fl fcb  .
 .It Fl i Ns Ar n