diff --git a/contrib/groff/tmac/doc.tmac b/contrib/groff/tmac/doc.tmac
index 7f4090f7b4ac..059534cd3e80 100644
--- a/contrib/groff/tmac/doc.tmac
+++ b/contrib/groff/tmac/doc.tmac
@@ -2696,10 +2696,8 @@
 .    nr doc-display-ft-stack\n[doc-display-depth] \n[.f]
 .    nr doc-display-ps-stack\n[doc-display-depth] \n[.ps]
 .
-.    ie t \{\
-.      nop \*[doc-Li-font]\c
+.    ie t \
 .      ta T 9n
-.    \}
 .    el \
 .      ta T 8n
 .    nf
@@ -2747,6 +2745,10 @@
 .  if !\n[doc-is-compact] \
 .    sp \n[doc-display-vertical]u
 .
+.  if "\*[doc-display-type-stack\n[doc-display-depth]]"literal" \
+.    if t \
+.      nop \*[doc-Li-font]\c
+.
 .  if !\n[cR] \
 .    ne 2v
 .