diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1
index bda4615a7b7b..ee72b144a0b3 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1
@@ -148,11 +148,13 @@ Set the initial package dependency list to
 This is assumed to be a whitespace separated list of package names
 and is meant as a convenient shorthand for specifying multiple
 .Cm @pkgdep
-directives in the packing list (see PACKING LIST DETAILS section below).
+directives in the packing list (see
+.Sx "PACKING LIST DETAILS"
+section below).
 Each argiment from the
 .Ar pkgs
 list could be in the form
-.Ar pkgname Ns Op Ar :pkgorigin ,
+.Ar pkgname Ns Op : Ns Ar pkgorigin ,
 where optional
 .Ar pkgorigin
 element denotes origin of each dependency from the list and it is